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Attachment 4 14 <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 Record Current Zoning Zoning <br /> Number (PIN) <br /> ■ RB, Rural Buffer <br /> ■ Jordan Lake Change to <br /> JL-HM Unprotected Watershed <br /> Watershed Protection Protection <br /> 9851433215 Bingham Development, Overlay District <br /> LLC • University Lake Overlay <br /> Protected Watershed District <br /> Protection Overlay boundary <br /> District <br /> The Board of County Commissioners hereby finds: <br /> a. The requirements of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)'s Section 2.8 <br /> Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance Amendments have been <br /> reviewed and deemed complete by staff; 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 of North Carolina's delineation of water supply watershed boundaries. As a <br /> matter of policy, the State advises delegated programs such as Orange County to <br /> notify the elected body of the watershed boundary change for formal recognition. <br /> Orange County Planning staff informed the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners (Board) of the watershed boundary change at their March 18, <br /> 2025 meeting. At that time, the Board approved an amendment to the Jordan <br /> Lake Unprotected Watershed Protection Overlay District and University Lake <br /> Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District boundary line and authorized the <br />