Agenda - 02-04-2025; 5-a - Applications for Zoning Atlas Amendment, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, & UDO Text Amendments to Realize “Fiddlehead Corner”, a Master Plan Development – Conditional District

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267 Approved 8.7.24 903 unit, the project would generate a bit more than 30,000 gallons per day of sewage. The 904 project proposes a high-tech solution to provide onsite waste management. Such 905 solutions are not free from failure. If the sewage system of the project should fail, the 906 company would have to condemn the existing drawings and provide water and sewer to 907 the outreaches of the county. 908 909 Adam Beeman: Thank you, unfortunately, time is up. 910 911 Colin Austin: Thank you, my name is Collin Austin. I'm the chair of the advisory board on aging here in 912 the county. We sent a letter to the planning department outlining our support for this 913 project. Our board supports this project because it was created by seniors for seniors, 914 and in response to many of the goals in our county master aging plan. I'd just like to 915 highlight three aspects. First, it increases accessibility for people regardless of age or 916 disability, incorporating wide doorways, handrails, level entries. Only a small fraction of 917 the housing stock in Orange County currently meets this criteria. Second, the 918 development enhances social interaction for older adults; has walking trails, outdoor areas 919 for recreation and events, community garden; and third provides a continuum of care in 920 the community to ensure that the needs of the community are covered and that would 921 allow community members to age in place with their increasing care needs rather than 922 forcing them to leave the community. We believe this is an important proposal, seniors 923 helping seniors age in place, instead of seniors living in isolation or being relocated to 924 facilities with little or no connection to any community. Thank you very much. 925 926 AGENDA ITEM 8: UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE(UDO)TEXT AMENDMENT—ADD FAMILY CARE HOMES AS 927 PERMITTED USE TO MPD-CD ZONING DISTRICT AND ASSOCIATED AMENDMENTS—To continue review and make a 928 recommendation to the BOCC on applicant-initiated amendments to the LIDO pertaining to Family Care 929 Homes. The BOCC public hearing date is"to be determined." 930 931 Adam Beeman: Thank you. So, this next item is the LIDO Text Amendment referring to the family care. If 932 you have comments on that, we're going to go through this group right now. 933 934 Dan Eddleman: This agenda item is based on the premise that the entire region encompassed by Orange 935 County has no provision for family care homes and that the rural neighborhood activity 936 nodes located throughout the county ought to be exploited to permit such use. My first 937 speaking to you about rural activity nodes states why that's inconsistent to use that kind of 938 rural activity node for this. Here is why. The assertion that the Orange County region has 939 no provision for high density family care homes and is an omission needing correction is a 940 mistaken assertion. By design, the LIDO mandates that high density residential housing is 941 to be where water and sewer, transportation, and other infrastructure is in place and in 942 fact accommodated in the municipalities by the use of R5 and other zoning categories. 943 Chapel Hill and Hillsborough have accommodated many variations of such facilities, some 944 for the most advanced healthcare needs, some for 55-plus senior living facilities, and a 945 number with specific requirements for affordability. Examples are, as many recent news 946 articles point out, these reports include the Legion Road Residential Community Priority 947 Conditional Zoning that was approved for such use. Other similar facilities are located in 948 Chapel Hill where the required infrastructure is in place and make frequent use of R5 949 zoning. Just to quote a little bit about the Legion Road from Chapelboro.com, the Chapel 950 Hill Town Council unanimously proposed a resolution for the project at 1708, 1712 Legion 951 Road Development that will provide affordable housing property to accommodate 952 affording housing units for, and over the age of 55 and that is a legally binding