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Article 2: Procedures Section 2.4: Zoning Compliance Permits Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-7 (D) Amendments initiated by Orange County shall not be subject to time limitations other than those specified by the Board of County Commissioners during the public hearing process. (E) Evidence not presented at the public hearing may be submitted in writing to the Planning Board for consideration prior to the Planning Board’s recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners. The Planning Board may consider additional oral evidence only if it is for the purpose of presenting information also submitted in writing. 2.3.11 Action by Board of County Commissioners (A) The Board of County Commissioners shall not consider enactment of the proposed amendment until the Planning Board either makes its recommendation or takes no action on the application as prescribed in this section. (B) In making its decision, the Board of Commissioners shall consider all relevant evidence presented at the public hearing and any submitted written evidence that was considered by the Planning Board in making its recommendation. (C) The Board of Commissioners, upon receipt of a recommended Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof from the Planning Board, shall consider such recommendations and adopt them by resolution, either unchanged or with modifications. SECTION 2.4: ZONING COMPLIANCE PERMITS 2.4.1 Applicability (A) As required by this Ordinance, a Zoning Compliance Permit must be issued before any new site development, building, structure, or vehicular use area may be erected, constructed or used. (B) Submittal and approval of a site plan (see Section 2.5) is required for issuance of a Zoning Compliance Permit except for: (1) Single-family detached dwellings and duplexes, and accessory structures to those residential uses; provided, however, when such uses are located in thedeveloped on property located outside of the Upper Eno Critical, University Lake and Cane Creek Protected and Critical Watershed Protection Overlay Districts. In these instances a Plot Plan, as detailed within Section 2.4.3 of this Ordinance, shall be required., site plan approval shall be required.1 (a) Single-family detached dwellings and duplexes outside of the University Lake Watershed Protection Overlay District and accessory structures to those residential uses shall be required to submit a Plot Plan (see Section 2.4.3 for Plot Plan specifications). In those instances where the proposed level of land disturbance exceeds established thresholds detailed within Section 6.14.5 of the Ordinance a formal site plan, prepared in accordance with Section 2.5, shall be required for submittal and approval regardless of the proposed land use or Watershed Protection Overlay District designation of the subject property.2 1 The existing wording of the UDO has created confusion in the past over when a site plan is required. We have streamlined existing language in an attempt to eliminate confusion and specifically spell out when a plot plan versus a site plan is actually required. Staff is also proposing to add language requiring formal site plans in other Watershed Protection Overlay Districts having similar characteristics to the University Lake Protected and Critical Watershed Protection Overlay Districts in order to establish greater uniformity within the Ordinance. 2 There is an existing disconnect between permit submittal requirements for a Zoning Compliance Permit and a Stormwater management plan. Staff of Current Planning and Erosion Control could, essentially, be looking at 2 different proposals as there is not an appropriate reference to the stormwater permitting requirement in this section of the UDO. There is also a disconnect with respect to the required level of site plan detail (i.e. professionally prepared versus scaled plot plan) to obtain a land disturbing permit. Staff is proposing to add language requiring a 8