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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 2, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. 4 SUBJECT: Review of Proposed UDO Text Amendment – Home Occupations DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment Outline Form and Section 419 of the North Carolina Building Code 2. Proposed Text Amendments 3. Proposed Amendment Summary Spreadsheet Ashley Moncado, Planner II (919) 245-2589 Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 PURPOSE: To review and comment upon a Planning Board and Planning Director initiated Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendment regarding existing home occupation standards contained within the UDO. BACKGROUND: At the January 9, 2013 Planning Board meeting, Board members discussed areas of interest in the coming year. These items were elements highlighted in the UDO Implementation Bridge report prepared when the UDO was adopted in 2011. One item of interest included the need to review existing home occupation standards to determine if there was a need for a text amendment to encourage and support their use within the county. At the July Planning Board meeting, planning staff followed up with the Board’s request with a presentation of existing standards and a review of home occupation standards from other local jurisdictions. At this time, Board members supported a text amendment revising existing standards for the November 25 Quarterly Public Hearing. Based on recommendations and direction from the Planning Board in July, staff continued the process by drafting text amendment language . During the September 4, 2013 Planning Board meeting, draft language was presented to the Board for review and comment. Additionally during this time, staff worked with the Planning Board Chair and Vice Chair to complete the Amendment Outline Form (Attachment 1) which was approved by the BOCC on September 5, 2013. Agenda materials for past Planning Board meeting are available at http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/planningboard.asp . Staff has revised the proposed amendments to existing home occupations standards based on comments received at the September Planning Board meeting. Proposed text amendment language for review can be found in Attachment 2. Additionally, Attachment 3 contains a spreadsheet summarizing proposed revisions to Sections 2.22 and 5.5.3. Following the October 2 ORC meeting, staff will proceed with submitting the proposed revisions to the JPA partners (Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro) for review and prepare the text amendment package for the Quarterly Public Hearing on November 25, 2013. The opportunity for comment by the JPA partners is required for all text amendments that could affect the Rural Buffer. 71