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13 <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 <br /> (UDO) 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 <br /> North Carolina General Statutes, the Board finds sufficient documentation within <br /> the record denoting that the amendment is consistent with the adopted 2030 <br /> 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, <br /> techniques and/or incentives that promote the integrated <br /> achievement of all. <br /> These amendments are consistent with this goal and <br /> objective by eliminating existing redundancy in the listing of <br /> allowable/prohibited land uses. <br /> Further, the amendment combines similar land uses into a <br /> single use category, thereby ensuring consistent application <br /> of development regulations, guidelines, and techniques. <br /> • Land Use Goal 6 — A land use planning process that is transparent, <br /> fair, open, efficient, and responsive. <br /> These amendments are consistent with this goal and <br /> objective by creating a centralized list of permitted and <br /> prohibited land uses, thereby ensuring transparency in the <br /> development review process and allowing staff to be more <br /> 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 <br /> uses 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 <br /> the State Supreme Court in Byrd versus Franklin. <br /> 2. Ensures legal sufficiency by eliminating conflicting terminology and <br /> references to 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 <br /> different terms/formats, in favor of the creation of a centralized <br /> table. <br />