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Article 1: Administration Section 1.2: Official Zoning Atlas Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-7 1.1.20 Errors The issuance of a permit, based on approved plans and specifications, shall not prevent the Planning Director, Chief Building Official, Erosion Control Officer, or Floodplain Administrator from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in such plans and specifications or preventing building operations from being carried on in violation of this Ordinance, other County ordinances, or the North Carolina Building Code. 1.1.21 Administrative Regulations The County Manager is authorized and directed to propose and promulgate administrative regulations, including but not limited to the type and amount of data required for a completed application, in order to implement the provisions of this Ordinance. 1.1.22 Interim Development Standards (A) For the purpose of preventing further development in an area where plans are being prepared for the use of land and/or the preservation of natural resources, and/or development standards are being considered with which to implement such plans, interim development standards may be established which permit development that is in accord with the contemplated plans or standards to proceed. (B) The establishment of interim development standards shall be governed by the procedures contained in Article 2 of this Ordinance. (C) Form and Content Interim development standards enacted pursuant to this Section shall be temporary measures established in accordance with the following criteria: (1) The standards shall be in effect only for the period of time necessary to achieve the purposes of the contemplated plan and/or its implementing mechanisms; (2) The standards shall limit development to the type that would be permitted under the existing standards contained in this Ordinance and/or to that which is in accord with the contemplated plan or its implementing mechanisms; (3) The standards may be in effect only in the area affected by the contemplated plan and/or in which its implementing mechanisms will apply; and (4) The standards may limit the nature and type of development applications and projects which are approved throughout the duration of the standards. SECTION 1.2: OFFICIAL ZONING ATLAS 1.2.1 Generally (A) The Orange County planning and zoning jurisdiction shall be, and hereby is, divided into Zoning Districts as detailed in Article 3 of this Ordinance. (B) The boundaries of said Zoning Districts are hereby established as shown on the Official Zoning Atlas which accompanies this Ordinance and which, with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon, shall be as much a part of this Ordinance as it is fully described herein. Maps and descriptions accompanying enacted amendments shall be displayed by the Planning Department adjacent to the Official Zoning Atlas until such time as the official copy is corrected. (C) The Official Zoning Atlas and any subsequent amendments shall be authenticated by the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners and kept on file in the Planning Department. (D) Copies of the Official Zoning Map Atlas, or portions thereof, may be made from time to time. These copies are for informational purposes only and the Official Zoning Atlas, as described herein, shall be the final and sole authority as to the zoning status of land within the zoning jurisdiction of Orange County. 90