112105 Agenda - QPH Planning Board

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2 Chapel Hill and Carrboro Transition Areas; Economic Development Nodes; Urbanizing 10 and 20 -Year Transition Areas; Commercial Transition Nodes; Commercial Industrial Nodes; and Rural Community Activity Nodes. New Policy Options reflect density changes within all remaining Land Use Element Map classifications including: Agricultural Residential (except portion within Cane Creek Watershed); Rural Residential; Resource Protection Areas; Rural Buffer -part (Jordan Lake Watershed portion only); Rural Neighborhood Nodes; and Rural Industrial Nodes. This Public Hearing will remain open and no decision will be made on Residential Land Use Density Policy Options until the following associated items are heard at the second and third public hearings: a) Second Public Hearing- Draft Land Use Element Text Update and Future Land Use Map Changes on February 27, 2006; and b) Third Public Hearing- Zoning.Text and Atlas amendments later in 2006. - The Board of Commissioners-will hear public comments at all three Public Hearings before closing the Public Hearings and referring the LUE Update and zoning amendments to the Planning Board for their recommendation. Following a Planning Board recommendation, on Public Hearing specific items, the BOCC considers the amendments and makes a final decision. - Purpose: The Residential Land Use Density Policy Options reduce urban sprawl potential by reducing potential housing density. A reduction in - - Residential Zoning Density is necessary to address identified growth challenges in the areas of air -and water quality, water resources, - environmental protection, open space preservation, traffic control, and efficient provision of public services. C. ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT - AMENDMENTS - -- 1) Family, Group, and Rehabilitative Care Amendments