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Approved 6.5.24 <br /> 1148 Chris Johnston: In the Conditional Zoning District? <br /> 1149 <br /> 1150 Marilyn Carter: Yes. <br /> 1151 <br /> 1152 IN FAVOR:Adam Beeman, Delores Bailey, Marilyn Carter, Statler Gilfillen, Steve Kaufmann, Liz Kalies, Lamar <br /> 1153 Proctor, Whitney Watson. <br /> 1154 OPPOSED: Chris Johnston, Charity Kirk, Beth Bronson. <br /> 1155 MOTION PASSED 8 TO 3. <br /> 1156 <br /> 1157 Cy Stober: This will be presented to the Commissioner's at the June 4th public hearing. <br /> 1158 <br /> 1159 MOTION BY Beth Bronson that the Proposed Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment has a Statement <br /> 1160 of Approval and Consistency per Attachment 1 that the meets all of the requirements of UDO Section 2.8. <br /> 1161 Seconded by Lamar Proctor. <br /> 1162 <br /> 1163 MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. <br /> 1164 <br /> 1165 Statler Gilfillen: I'd like to make a comment and an observation. I believe that this has been one of the more <br /> 1166 difficult issues for this Board to deal with. I think my stating that into the record may be helpful. <br /> 1167 <br /> 1168 Lamar Proctor: It's already passed, but I don't know how other jurisdictions...whether shoving it in 12 and 13 <br /> 1169 has been more effective than making it... I mean, it's kind of a new thing too, so. <br /> 1170 <br /> 1171 AGENDA ITEM 9: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—REGULATORY REFORM COMPLIANCE <br /> 1172 AND CONFORMANCE—To review and make a recommendation to the BOCC on Planning Director-Initiated <br /> 1173 amendments to the UDO in response and pertaining to NC Session Laws 2023-108 and 2023-137, which affect <br /> 1174 the County's abilities to regulate residential architecture, as well as densities and impervious surfaces in water <br /> 1175 supply watersheds. This amendment was reviewed at the April 3, 2024 ORC meeting and is scheduled for <br /> 1176 BOCC public hearing on June 4, 2024. <br /> 1177 PRESENTER: CY STOBER,PLANNING DIRECTOR. <br /> 1178 <br /> 1179 Mr. Stober overviewed the Text Amendments pertaining to regulatory reform as presented to the Ordinance <br /> 1180 Review Committee. <br /> 1181 <br /> 1182 Adam Beeman: I had one about the roadway watershed rules there that you had talked about that. <br /> 1183 <br /> 1184 Cy Stober: We'll get to that in a moment, yeah. <br /> 1185 <br /> 1186 Statler Gilfillen: Regarding the one you just had up there. Where you move multifamily or other residential <br /> 1187 into the residential setting- <br /> 1188 <br /> 1189 Cy Stober: I didn't move it in there, it was already in there, but it— <br /> 1190 <br /> 1191 Statler Gilfillen: It changes the Building Code itself. What the Commercial Code requires environmentally, <br /> 1192 and the residential, the maximum, the residential maximum are different. Much less stringent. Now, my <br /> 1193 understanding is that was created from the Homeowners Association. This sounds like they've moved to a lot <br /> 1194 more of the residential over to that lightening the environmental burdens. <br /> 1195 <br /> 1196 Cy Stober: That's correct. Triplexes and quadplexes are now in the Residential Code and not <br /> 1197 Commercial. I can go on if you, but yes, I just hope people living in those structures are safe.And then with <br />