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9 <br /> 1 2. Collapse, where feasible, similar land uses into single categories; <br /> 2 3. Review existing definitions to eliminate the reliance on `example land uses' with respect <br /> 3 to outlining what constitutes a permitted land use within that category; and <br /> 4 4. Consolidate and eliminate, where feasible, duplicative references to regulations within the <br /> 5 UDO. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 The Planning Board Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) reviewed this item at several ORC <br /> 8 meetings beginning in January 2017. Agenda materials from these various meetings can be <br /> 9 viewed at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/AgendaCenter/Planning-Board-26. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 A total of four open house meetings were held soliciting public input and comment on the <br /> 12 proposed amendments. Meetings were held on the evenings of July 25 and 27, 2017 and <br /> 13 August 23 and 27, 2018. Notices of the meetings were placed on the County website, and <br /> 14 further advertised through press releases issued through the County's Community Relations <br /> 15 Department. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Staff finalized an amendment package (Attachment 7 including 7-a, 7-b and 7-c) that: <br /> 18 a. Collapses existing tables as contained in Section(s) 5.2.1 (general use zoning <br /> 19 districts), 5.2.2 (EDD general use zoning districts), and 5.2.3 (Conditional Zoning <br /> 20 districts) into a centralized permitted use table. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 b. Collapses similar land uses into single land use categories. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 STAFF COMMENT: Current regulations, for example, define retail land uses differently <br /> 25 within Section(s) 5.2.1 and 5.2.2. <br /> 26 <br /> 27 There are different methodologies employed to denote various permitted retail land uses <br /> 28 in both sections that appear to contradict one another. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 All retail land uses have been collapsed into a single category versus listing out individual <br /> 31 uses. Staff has also established development criteria within Article 5 to address the <br /> 32 impacts of such development consistent with existing regulations (i.e. building size limits, <br /> 33 operational requirements, screening, etc.). <br /> 34 <br /> 35 The result is a streamlined table and a concise description of development requirements. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 c. Modifies Article 10 Definitions of the UDO to incorporate new and/or revised definitions of <br /> 38 various land uses, consistent with the proposed new table. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 d. Incorporates modifications to the Economic Development Hillsborough (EDH) districts as <br /> 41 discussed by the BOCC late in 2016. <br /> 42 <br /> 43 e. Includes processes allowing for `reasonable accommodations' as requested by the <br /> 44 County Attorney's office. As part of this request, staff added language clarifying the <br /> 45 burden of proof for variance, interpretation, and special use permit applications including <br /> 46 adding references to an applicant's `burden of persuasion'. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Attachment 1 contains the legal advertisement for the April 16, 2019 public hearing. Attachment <br /> 49 2 contains a summary of the proposed changes for reference purposes. Attachment 3 is a <br />