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Article 1: Administration Section 1.1: General Provisions Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-3 (2) Make adequate provisions for traffic; (3) Secure safety from fire, panic, and other hazards; (4) Provide for light and air; (5) Prevent the overcrowding of land; (6) Avoid undue concentration of populations; (7) Facilitate the adequate provision of transportation, water, sewerage, schools, parks, and other public requirements; (8) Provide for the protection of the surface and underground water resources of the County; (9) Provide for efficient use of renewable and non-renewable sources of energy; (10) Promote desirable living conditions and the sustained stability of neighborhoods; (11) Protect property against blight and depreciation; and (12) For other purposes in accordance with the Comprehensive Plan for the County. (C) It is the further purpose that all material included herein by reference and all material used for the administration of this Ordinance, does not take any property, does not unduly restrict property rights or use, nor convert any of these to public use except by due process of law. (D) The Ordinance is further designed to provide for residential, commercial, and industrial growth in Orange County by the establishment of districts within which each type use can develop properly and profitably and not interfere with the use of land in adjacent parcels or districts. 1.1.5 Statement of Intent - Amendments For the purpose of establishing and maintaining sound, stable and desirable development within Orange County this Ordinance shall not be amended except to: (A) Correct a manifest error in the Ordinance, or (B) Extend the boundary of an existing zoning district, because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the county generally, or (C) Rezone an area either to a different zoning district, conditional zoning district, or conditional use district, or (D) Change the regulations and restrictions thereof. Amendments shall be reasonably necessary to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare and to achieve the purposes of the adopted Comprehensive Plan or part thereof. 1.1.6 Applicability and Jurisdiction Except as otherwise expressly stated, this Ordinance applies to all development, public or private, within the unincorporated area of Orange County or outside of existing municipal extra-territorial jurisdictional boundaries, or established Joint Planning Areas, approved by the County Board of Commissioners, to the extent allowed by law unless otherwise indicated in this Ordinance.7 1.1.7 Conformance with Adopted Plans (A) The provisions of this Ordinance, and any proposed amendment thereto, shall be consistent with the goals and policies included in the Orange County Comprehensive 7 Staff is adding clarifying language to ensure in those instances where the County has regulatory responsibilities, most notably the enforcement of flood damage prevention regulations on bona fide farms within the ETJs of local municipalities, we properly indicate same. 28