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9 <br /> Link to currently adopted Comprehensive Plan: <br /> https://www.orangecountVnc.gov/1238/Comprehensive-Land-Use <br /> Link to Master Aging Plan: https://www.orangecountVnc.gov/203/Master-Aging-Plan <br /> Link to Consolidated (Housing) Plan: <br /> https://www.orangecountVnc.gov/DocumentCenter/\/iew/10806/Orange-County-NC- <br /> Consolidated-Plan-FINAL?bidld=) <br /> Staff has reviewed the options presented in the Application and recommends that Family <br /> Care Facility be added as a permitted use in the MPD-CD zoning district by adding an <br /> asterisk (*) to the appropriate column on the line for use #44 (Family Care Facility). In <br /> reviewing the application, staff discovered the definition of "Family Care Facility" in Article 10 <br /> (Definitions) of the UDO contains an outdated reference to a State statute. Therefore, staff <br /> is recommendingan update to the definition as shown :��` �,aa is the proposed amendment <br /> p � P P <br /> language): <br /> Family Care Facility <br /> A facility which meets the definition of a family care home in NCGS 168-21 160D-907. <br /> Staff does not recommend the applicant's proposal to require additional use standards (by <br /> adding a delta [A] symbol), as the State deems Family Care Facilities a permissible use in <br /> all residential districts and discourages additional requirements beyond those in place for <br /> similar residential uses. Family Care Facility is a permitted use (*) in all other Orange <br /> County zoning districts that allow the use, and to introduce additional standards exclusively <br /> for the MPD-CD is not recommended. <br /> Staff review of the amendment to UDO Section 3.8 regarding consistency with the <br /> Comprehensive Plan only determined that the Board of Commissioners must act in <br /> coordination with its action regarding the presented Comprehensive Plan amendments. The <br /> UDO text amendment is unwarranted without the corresponding amendments to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> PLANNING BOARD RECOMMENDATION <br /> The Planning Board reviewed this application at its regular meetings on June 5 and July 10, <br /> 2024 (Attachment A5). The Planning Board made three motions, all recommending the Board <br /> of County Commissioners vote to deny the applications. The text amendment application <br /> was voted upon 8 — 1 to recommend denial, with the dissent being related to the need to bring <br /> the UDO into alignment with NC General Statutes. The Planning Board voted unanimously (9 — <br /> Q) to recommend that the BOCC vote to deny the 2030 Comprehensive Plan amendment <br /> because the extension of the MPD-CD zoning district to rural activity nodes is inconsistent with <br /> the comprehensive plan. The Planning Board also voted unanimously (9 — 0) to recommend <br /> denial of the Zoning Atlas amendment application due to its present inconsistencies with the <br /> County's adopted comprehensive plan and nonconformity with its adopted UDO, as reflected in <br /> the Statement of Inconsistency (Attachment A8). <br /> PLANNING DIRECTOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS <br /> The consistency of the Zoning Atlas Amendment with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan relies, in <br /> part, on the Comprehensive Plan Amendments, [Attachments B1 — B7 (MA23-0004)]. As <br />