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Because the UDO has been amended since these comments were made, referenced sections may be slightly off as some portions of the UDO have been <br />renumbered. <br />16 <br />Implementation Bridge - Future Phase Suggestions Planning Staff Comment <br />54. <br />After staff and advisory board review, project went through <br />County Attorney review. Lengthened the process. Why didn’t <br />County Attorney review occur concurrent with staff review? <br />Streamline. <br />This process has been streamlined via internal processes. <br />55. <br />A time-line chart for each land-use review process (re-zoning, <br />subdivision, permits, land use amendments etc.) should be made <br />showing who reviews each step and when. <br />A process chart was included in Article 2 of the UDO for many of the <br />processes. <br />56.Identify time lags and the reason - such as delays caused by review <br />board’s schedules.see #51 above <br />57.Identify how approval processes can be simple, efficient, and <br />short.see #51 above <br />58. <br />Examine other review and approval processes such as Durham’s <br />Development Advisory Committee (DAC) and Design District <br />Review Team (DDRT) which are efficient and streamlined. <br />59. <br />The members of the above DAC and DDRT are similar to Orange <br />County’s Development Advisory Committee (DAC) but have Rules <br />of Procedure, meetings, minutes and quorum requirements <br />consistent with state Statutes. This could replace our current <br />review approval processes when a rezoning application meets all <br />applicable standards. <br />Because a rezoning must be approved by the local elected officials, staff <br />believes that perhaps this commenter was referring to subdivision <br />approvals, not rezoning applications. <br />60.Where we have electronic means to notify the public, we should <br />add this as an expectation or requirement. <br />Rather than adding this to the UDO, staff would recommend that this <br />become a policy instead of part of an ordinance. The County maintains <br />electronic notification lists, which includes the ability to be notified when <br />BOCC agendas are posted to the County website. Additionally, in late <br />2014, the Planning Department started posting a list of current <br />development projects on its webpage so interested people can regularly <br />check the information for items of interest. <br /> 95