Agenda - 05-04-2021; 5-b - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments

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Article 2: Procedures 58 Section 2.9: Conditional Districts (e) A landscape plan showing the location of on-site significant trees; proposed screening, buffers, and landscaping; and any proposed treatment of any existing natural features. (f) A summary of utility services, including processing of wastewater. For Home Park (HP)SZDCD, the utility service plan shall specify if the proposed services are temporary or permanent connections. (g) A schedule of construction of all elements of the proposal. (h) Any other information identified during the pre-application conference deemed essential to demonstrate the project's compliance with these regulations. (2) In lieu of the requirements in (1)(a)above, an application for a Master Plan Development(MPD)CZD CD shall include the requirements in Section 6.7. The requirements of(1)(b)through (1)(h)above are applicable for MPD-CZ-CD applications. (3) 26 copies of the application package required in (1) and (2)above shall be submitted by the applicant. (4) The Planning Board and/or Board of County Commissioners may request additional information in order to evaluate and properly process the application for a SZDConditional District. (D) Neighborhood Information Meeting (1) Before a Public Hearing may be held on an accepted application for a SZDConditional District, the applicant is required to schedule, with the assistance of the Planning Department, a minimum of one neighborhood information meeting. The purpose of this meeting is to obtain surrounding property owner input and comments on the proposed development project. (2) The applicant shall obtain property owner mailing address information from the Orange County Planning Department and shall mail notices of the meeting date and time via first class mail to each property owner within one thousand feet of the property for which a GZD-Conditional District has been requested. (3) The notices shall be mailed a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the proposed Neighborhood Information Meeting. (4) The applicant shall post a sign on the property advertising the date, place, and time of the meeting a minimum of 10 days prior to the date of the meeting. (5) The meeting shall be held a minimum of 14 days prior to the date of the Planning Board meeting where the application is scheduled for review. (E) Review and Evaluation of Application The review, processing, and evaluation of a GZID Conditional District application is a legislative process subject to judicial review using the same procedures and standards of review that apply to geRera; unconventional district zoning decisions. (F) Approval and Conditions (1) The Board of County Commissioners shall take action on the application to rezone the property in accordance with the procedures outlined within Section 2.8. (2) The applicant or the County may recommend that reasonable and appropriate conditions be attached to the approval of the application. Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 2-38