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C) <br /> Attachment 6 <br /> STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY <br /> OF A PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS MAP AMENDMENT <br /> WITH THE ADOPTED ORANGE COUNTY 2030 <br /> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> A County- initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas has been reviewed to amend a <br /> zoning overlay district as follows : <br /> Parcel Owner of Proposed <br /> Identification Township Current Zoning <br /> Number ( PIN ) Record Zoning <br /> ■ R1 , Rural Residential <br /> ■ Back Creek Protected Change to <br /> Nathan and Watershed Protection Watershed <br /> Protection <br /> 9835 - 67 - 1605 Cheeks Jessica King Overlay District Overlay <br /> ■ Upper Eno Protected <br /> District <br /> Watershed Protection <br /> Overlay District boundary <br /> The Board of County Commissioners hereby finds : <br /> a . The requirements of Section 2 . 8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development <br /> Ordinance Amendments of the Unified Development Ordinance ( UDO ) have <br /> been reviewed and deemed complete ; and , <br /> b . Pursuant to Sections 1 . 1 . 5 Statement of Intent - Amendments , and 1 . 1 . 7 <br /> Conformance with Adopted Plans of the UDO and to Section 160D - 604 ( d ) <br /> Planning Board review and comment — Plan Consistency and 160D - 605 ( a ) <br /> Governing Board Statement — Plan Consistency of the North Carolina General <br /> Statutes , the Board finds sufficient documentation within the record denoting that <br /> the amendment is consistent with the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan . <br /> c . Professional survey work completed in March 2024 revealed a discrepancy with <br /> Orange County's mapped watershed boundary lines , which are based upon the <br /> State ' s delineation of water supply watershed boundaries . As a matter of policy, <br /> the State advises delegated programs such as Orange County to notify the <br /> elected body of the watershed boundary change for formal recognition . Orange <br /> County Planning staff informed the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> ( BOCC ) of the watershed boundary change at their May 21 , 2024 meeting . At that <br /> time , the Board approved an amendment to the Back Creek Protected Watershed <br /> Protection Overlay District and Upper Eno Protected Watershed Protection <br /> Overlay District boundary line and authorized the Planning Director to initiate a <br /> Zoning Atlas Amendment . <br />