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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 23, 2005 <br />Agenda <br />Item No. D.3 <br />SUBJECT• Update on Residential Zoning Density and Minimum Lot Size Text Amendments <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Table -Residential Zoning Density <br />Options & Associated Buildout <br />2) Table -Planning for the Future: <br />Sustainability and Quality of Life <br />3) Table -Planning for the Future: <br />Reaction to Changing Conditions <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext, 2592 <br />Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning <br />Supervisor, ext. 2579 <br />Robert Davis, Current Planning <br />Supervisor, ext. 2580 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: This Update is aNon-Public Hearing item and serves as a continuation of the <br />county's efforts to inform its citizens of the zoning amendments that Orange County's Planning <br />Staff is recommending to implement the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Update <br />currently underway. <br />BACKGROUND: The County s Planning Department completed over four (4) years of data <br />collection and analysis since the release of year 2000 US Census data, to develop <br />recommendations to implement goals and objectives for inclusion in the county's <br />Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Update. Two of the recommendations involve <br />amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance: Residential Zoning Density and <br />Minimum Lot Size. <br />During the spring of 2004 and early this year, Planning Staff conducted a series of public <br />outreach meetings throughout the county to present Staffs recommendations for Residential <br />Zoning Density and Minimum Lot Size and receive informal public comments. <br />Planning Staff will present their zoning recommendations as aNon-Public Hearing item as a <br />precursor to formal Public Hearings that maybe initiated later this year. Issues raised by the <br />public during outreach meetings will also be presented along with a staff response A handout <br />that summarizes the issues and staffs responses will be distributed at the meeting. <br />it?Comb zhonsi~:l".~nnine I~i~UC~ CC'u05 Public Hcuriges'.~in - ~lnninc -+incnam:nc~.Ahsvsri 0.`,I i05 doc <br />