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Attachment 1 <br /> ORD- 2025 -037P.- blI / / / la5 <br /> STATEMENT OF APPROVAL AND CONSISTENCY OF <br /> PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> PERTAINING TO IMPERVIOUS AREA, WATERSHED PROTECTION OVERLAY <br /> DISTRICTS (WPODs) , AND STREAM BUFFERS <br /> Orange County has initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to revise <br /> regulations pertaining to impervious area, watershed protection overlay districts (WPODs) , and stream <br /> buffers . <br /> The Board of County Commissioners hereby approves the proposed text amendments and finds : <br /> 1 . The requirements of UDO Section 2 . 8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance <br /> Amendments, including review by the Development Advisory Committee (DAC), as required in <br /> UDO Section 1 . 9, have been met; <br /> 2 . The amendments are consistent with the adopted 2030 Orange County Comprehensive Plan, as <br /> prescribed by UDO Section 1 . 1 . 5 Statement of Intent — Amendments and Section 1 . 1 . 7 <br /> Conformance with Adopted Plans; <br /> 3 . The amendments specifically support the following adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan Guiding <br /> Principles and Objectives : <br /> a . Planning Principle 2 .2 - Sustainable Growth and Development — Growth and development <br /> within the county should occur in a pattern , location , and density that is sustainable over <br /> the long-term ; <br /> b . Planning Principle 2 . 6 — Water Resources Preservation - The County has finite water <br /> resources to provide to future populations . The protection and management of the <br /> County ' s water resources should be a high priority; <br /> c . Services and Community Facilities Objective EC- 1 : Continue to use Best Management <br /> Practices (BMP ' s) for stormwater control, as outlined within the Orange County Zoning <br /> Ordinance, Stormwater Ordinance, and Sedimentation Control Ordinance, to minimize <br /> potential adverse impacts on the water quality . <br /> 4 . The amendments specifically support the following adopted 2025 Strategic Plan Goals and <br /> Objectives : <br /> a. Strategic Plan Goal # 1 : Environmental Protection and Climate Action — Objective 6 — <br /> Protect water supply/watersheds ; <br /> 5 . The amendments are consistent with these principles, goals and objectives because implementation <br /> will result in improved UDO reading clarity and compliance with current General Statutes specific <br /> to impervious surface area limits and pre- existing development definitions within Watershed <br /> Protection Overlay Districts (WPODs) ; <br /> 6 . The amendments are reasonable and in the public interest because they will make development <br /> restrictions for legacy, non-conforming lots located around Lake Orange more similar to those <br /> found elsewhere in Orange County ; and bring the UDO into further compliance with State laws, <br /> specifically the changes created by North Carolina Session Law 23 - 137 . <br />