Agenda - 05-18-2021; 6-a - Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments

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Article 1: Administration 11 Section 1.2: Official Zoning Atlas (2) The ards shall limit development to the type that would bep ed under the existing s s contained in this Ordinance a hat which is in accord with the contemp Ian or its i nting mechanisms; (3) The standards may be in only in a affected by the contemplated plan and/or in s implementing mechanisms ly; and (4) s andards may limit the nature and type of development app i sand projects which are approved throughout the duration of the standards. SECTIONOFFICIAL ZONING 1.2.1 Generally (A) The Orange County planning and zoning jurisdiction shall be, and hereby is, divided into Zoning Districts as detailed in Article 3 of this Ordinance. (B) The boundaries of said Zoning Districts are hereby established as shown on the Official Zoning Atlas which accompanies this Ordinance and which, with all notations, references, and other information shown thereon, shall be as much a part of this Ordinance as it is fully described herein. Maps and descriptions accompanying enacted amendments shall be displayed by the Planning Department adjacent to the Official Zoning Atlas until such time as the official copy is corrected. (C) The Official Zoning Atlas and any subsequent amendments shall be authenticated by the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners and kept on file in the Planning Department. The so-rFe Official Zoning Atlas and prior Z^^i Tversions may be maintained either in paper or digital format.- (D) Copies of the Official Zoning Map Atlas, or portions thereof, may be made from time to time. These copies are for informational purposes only and the Official Zoning Atlas, as described herein, shall be the final and sole authority as to the zoning status of land within the zoning jurisdiction of Orange County. (E) The Planning Director shall be responsible for entering amendments to the Offici Zoning Atlas. The Planning Director shall authenticate the entry of each amendment he Official oning Atlas and shall maintain a record of the nature and date of Ty of each a ndment. (G) Change the Official Zoning Atlas, other than those au rized by duly approved amendment this Ordinance, shall not be made. T making of unauthorized changes to the ' ial Zoning Atlas shall be con ' ered a violation of this Ordinance. (H) Amendments to this Or ' ance that result i e change in classification of any piece of land shall become effects immedi y upon enactment by the Board of County Commissioners. The Board of y Commissioners, upon a finding of due cause, may extend the effective date any ch amendments. (1) When all or part of the O 1 ial Zoning Atlas comes damaged, lost, destroyed, worn or hard to interpret b eason of its age, conditi number of changes or otherwise, the Atlas shatlall b eplaced by the Planning Director. his new edition of the Official Zoning As ay not change the zoning status of any p erty. Such replacements shall be henticated by the Clerk of the Board of County missioners and shall bear a date of replacement. 1.2.2 Interpre ion of Zoning District Boundaries W n there is any uncertainty as to the intended location of any zoning district boundary on oning Atlas, the Planning Director shall make an interpretation of the Atlas upon request of�any $New provision in NCGS 160D-105. Orange County, North Carolina-Unified Development Ordinance Page 1-8