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9 <br /> viewed at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/AgendaCenter/Planning-Board-26. <br /> A total of four open house meetings were held soliciting public input and comment on the <br /> proposed amendments. Meetings were held on the evenings of July 25 and 27, 2017 and <br /> August 23 and 27, 2018. Notices of the meetings were placed on the County website, and <br /> further advertised through press releases issued through the County's Community Relations <br /> Department. <br /> Staff finalized an amendment package (Attachment 7 including 7-a, 7-b and 7-c) that: <br /> a. Collapses existing tables as contained in Section(s) 5.2.1 (general use zoning <br /> districts), 5.2.2 (EDD general use zoning districts), and 5.2.3 (Conditional Zoning <br /> districts) into a centralized permitted use table. <br /> b. Collapses similar land uses into single land use categories. <br /> STAFF COMMENT: Current regulations, for example, define retail land uses differently <br /> within Section(s) 5.2.1 and 5.2.2. <br /> There are different methodologies employed to denote various permitted retail land uses <br /> in both sections that appear to contradict one another. <br /> All retail land uses have been collapsed into a single category versus listing out individual <br /> uses. Staff has also established development criteria within Article 5 to address the <br /> impacts of such development consistent with existing regulations (i.e. building size limits, <br /> operational requirements, screening, etc.). <br /> The result is a streamlined table and a concise description of development requirements. <br /> c. Modifies Article 10 Definitions of the UDO to incorporate new and/or revised definitions of <br /> various land uses, consistent with the proposed new table. <br /> d. Incorporates modifications to the Economic Development Hillsborough (EDH) districts as <br /> discussed by the BOCC late in 2016. <br /> e. Includes processes allowing for `reasonable accommodations' as requested by the <br /> County Attorney's office. As part of this request, staff added language clarifying the <br /> burden of proof for variance, interpretation, and special use permit applications including <br /> adding references to an applicant's `burden of persuasion'. <br /> Attachment 1 contains the legal advertisement for the April 16, 2019 public hearing. Attachment <br /> 2 contains a summary of the proposed changes for reference purposes. Attachment 3 is a <br /> project fact sheet, including frequently asked questions, concerning the impacts of this <br /> amendment package. <br /> Analysis: As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: `... <br /> cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, prepare a <br /> recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of County <br /> Commissioners'. <br /> The amendments are necessary to address the legal sufficiency of the UDO with respect to the <br /> findings of Byrd versus Franklin by spelling out allowable and prohibited land uses. Staff is <br />