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14 are being proposed to prescribe the land uses that will be allowed in the expanded area for 1 Economic Development. 2 3 1. The Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) 4 Land Use Plan is a joint land use document that defines the locations of future land 5 use categories to help achieve a desired and coordinated pattern of development 6 over time. The COCA Land Use Plan includes several urban-style land use 7 categories that are more specific than those provided in the County’s 8 Comprehensive Plan, which covers a much larger geographic area. Implementation 9 of the COCA Land Use Plan is achieved through consistency with the County’s 10 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, application of County zoning, and a 11 coordinated approach to rezoning. The amendment proposes a “Suburban Office 12 Complex” land use in the expansion area which would designate the area for office 13 and employment, businesses in a campus setting, and limited supporting services. 14 The proposed amendment also reflects the expansion of the Town’s Urban Service 15 Boundary consistent with the WASMPBA to provide water and sewer service to the 16 area. As part of a joint land use plan, this amendment requires approval by the Town 17 of Hillsborough and Orange County. The Town of Hillsborough has already taken 18 action and unanimously approved the amendment as follows. 19 20 Town of Hillsborough Approval Process: 21 March 15, 2018 – Town Public Hearing and Planning Board recommendation 22 March 26, 2018 – Hillsborough Town Board adopted 23 24 2. The Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (FLUM) defines the 25 location of future land use categories, consistent with any joint land use plans, and is 26 designed to accommodate a particular combination of general land uses. The FLUM 27 helps achieve a desired pattern of development over time and is implemented primarily 28 through zoning. The proposed amendment to this plan would change the expansion area 29 from a Rural Residential land use to an Economic Development Transition Activity Node, 30 which would designate the area for light industrial, distribution, office, service/retail uses, 31 and flex space (typically one-story buildings designed, constructed, and marketed as 32 suitable for use as offices but able to accommodate other uses such as a warehouse, 33 showroom, manufacturing assembly, or similar operations). 34 35 The County has not initiated any rezoning at this time. Currently, the area is zoned Rural 36 Residential (R-1). However, approximately 12-acres of a developer initiated and 37 proposed Research Triangle Logistics Park (RTLP) are located in the amendment area 38 discussed herein. Any rezoning that comes forward in the future will require a 39 subsequent item on a public hearing and finding that it is consistent with the plans. 40 41 Planning Board Recommendation: The Orange County Planning Board, at its August 5, 42 2020 regular meeting, voted 6-4 to recommend approval of the proposed amendments. 43 Clarification of the motion voted upon was deemed necessary and the Planning Board 44 considered a clarified motion at its special meeting on August 19, 2020 when the board 45 voted 6-4 to recommend approval of the amendments. Agenda materials from these 46 meetings can be viewed at: http://orangecountync.gov/AgendaCenter/Planning-Board-26 47 48 Public Hearing: A public hearing was opened on September 15, 2020 and continued 49 without public comment to September 22, 2020 so that all members of the public signed 50 up to speak on the RTLP proposal, a separate item on the agenda, would have 51