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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: July 5, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendments – Subdivisions <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />Amendment Outline Form <br />2. Draft UDO Text Amendment <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To review and comment upon Staff proposed UDO text changes for Subdivisions. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: At the November 21, 2016 Quarterly Public Hearing staff presented a UDO <br />text amendment package proposing modification of existing subdivision regulations. The <br />proposal, including modifications requested by various BOCC members, was approved on <br />January 24, 2017. <br /> <br />While incorporating said amendments into the UDO, staff discovered inconsistencies between <br />the November Public Hearing language and the approved ordinance, including: <br />• Improper references to required minimum lot area for general use zoning districts, most <br />notably the Rural Buffer (RB); <br />• Inconsistent use of terminology; and <br />• Incorrect citation of various section(s) of the UDO. <br />The majority of proposed revisions appeared correctly within the amendment package <br />presented at the November 21, 2017 quarterly public hearing. It would appear staff utilized an <br />outdated version of the amendment package while completing the packet for the January 24, <br />2017 BOCC regular meeting thereby creating the aforementioned problem(s). This proposal <br />seeks to resolve these errors, ensure the ordinance is consistent, and will meet legal sufficiency. <br /> <br />The amendment outline form for this project, contained within Attachment 1, was approved by <br />the BOCC at its May 2, 2017 regular meeting. Agenda materials from this meeting can be <br />viewed at: http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/weblink8/0/doc/46415/Page1.aspx. <br /> <br />The amendment package, contained in Attachment 2, is currently going through Attorney and <br />internal staff peer review, which will be completed prior to the August Planning Board regular <br />meeting. This schedule would enable the amendment to proceed to the September Quarterly <br />Public Hearing. <br /> <br /> 2