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33 <br /> 1 A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Fowler, to <br /> 2 open the public hearing. <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Roll call ensued <br /> 5 <br /> 6 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 7 <br /> 8 PUBLIC COMMENTS: <br /> 9 None. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Hamilton, to <br /> 12 close the public hearing. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Roll call ensued <br /> 15 <br /> 16 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 17 <br /> 18 A motion was made by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner McKee, to <br /> 19 adopt a resolution supporting an application to the LGC for approval of financing, and authorize <br /> 20 the acceptance of comments before 9 a.m. on May 6, 2021. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Roll call ensued. <br /> 23 <br /> 24 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 25 <br /> 26 b. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments — "16011)" Legislation <br /> 27 <br /> 28 The Board conducted a public hearing, receive the Planning Board/staff <br /> 29 recommendation and public comment, close the public hearing, and consider action on County- <br /> 30 initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to conform County <br /> 31 regulations to a new chapter, 160D, of the North Carolina General Statues. As a result, <br /> 32 amendments to Appendix F of the Comprehensive Plan and to the Planning Board's and Board <br /> 33 of Adjustment's Rules of Procedure are also necessary. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 <br /> 36 BACKGROUND: <br /> 37 In July 2019, the North Carolina General Assembly adopted legislation that entailed the first <br /> 38 major recodification and modernization of city and county development regulations since 1905. <br /> 39 The effort was several years in the making, beginning in 2013 when the endeavor was initiated <br /> 40 by the Zoning and Land Use Section of the NC Bar Association. All local governments in North <br /> 41 Carolina are required to adopt conforming regulations by July 1, 2021 (pushed back from an <br /> 42 earlier date due to the COVID-19 pandemic). A blog post by staff at the School of Government <br /> 43 at UNC-Chapel Hill provides helpful background information on the legislation: <br /> 44 https://canons.sog.unc.edu/chapter-160d-and-other-zoning-legislation/ <br /> 45 <br /> 46 Planning and County Attorney staff prepared UDO amendments to comply with the new <br /> 47 legislation with the aim of leaving existing processes as unchanged as possible while also <br /> 48 conforming the UDO to statutes. There are a limited number of proposed revisions that are <br /> 49 more substantive in nature and are being proposed to conform the County's UDO to State <br /> 50 requirements and best practices. These more substantive revisions include: <br />