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23 <br /> Attachment 2 <br /> STATEMENT OF APPROVAL AND CONSISTENCY <br /> OF A PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> WITH THE ADOPTED ORANGE COUNTY 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> Orange County has initiated an amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br /> consolidating three separate tables of permitted land uses into a central table. <br /> The Planning Board hereby approves the proposed text amendment and finds: <br /> a. The requirements of Section 2.8 of the UDO have been deemed complete; and, <br /> b. Pursuant to Sections 1.1.5, and 1.1.7 of the UDO and to Section 153A-341 of the North <br /> Carolina General Statutes, the Board finds sufficient documentation within the record <br /> denoting that the amendment is consistent with the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan. <br /> 1. The amendment is consistent with applicable plans because it supports the <br /> following 2030 Comprehensive Plan goals and objectives: <br /> • Land Use Goal 4 - Land development regulations, guidelines, techniques <br /> and/or incentives that promote the integrated achievement of all. <br /> These amendments are consistent with this goal and objective by <br /> eliminating existing redundancy in the listing of <br /> allowable/prohibited land uses. <br /> Further, the amendment combines similar land uses into a single <br /> use category, thereby ensuring consistent application of <br /> development regulations, guidelines, and techniques. <br /> • Land Use Goal 6 — A land use planning process that is transparent, fair, <br /> open, efficient, and responsive. <br /> These amendments are consistent with this goal and objective by <br /> creating a centralized list of permitted and prohibited land uses, <br /> thereby ensuring transparency in the development review process <br /> and allowing staff to be more responsive to development inquiries. <br /> c. The amendment is reasonable and in the public interest because it: <br /> 1. Ensures legal sufficiency by establishing a centralized table of permitted uses <br /> outlining what is permitted and prohibited within the County. <br /> The amendments bring the current UDO into consistency with the <br /> delineation of permitted and prohibited land uses as outlined within the <br /> State Supreme Court in Byrd versus Franklin. <br /> 2. Ensures legal sufficiency by eliminating conflicting terminology and references to <br /> permitted and prohibited land uses. <br /> These amendments ensure uniformity by eliminating three separate <br /> tables of permitted land uses, each describing/listing uses in different <br /> terms/formats, in favor of the creation of a centralized table. <br /> The Planning Board hereby adopts this Statement of Approval and Consistency as well as the <br /> findings expressed herein. <br /> Lydia Wegman, Chair Date <br />