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001 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 25, 2002 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.1.a-e & C.2.b <br />SUBJECT: Growth Management Amendments to Zoning Ordinance and Subdivision <br />Regulations <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ,, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) YES <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Ordinance Amendments <br />Planning Staff Report on Growth Controls <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director Ext 2592 <br />Geoff Gledhill, County Attorney <br />John Link, County Manager, Ext 2300 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive citizen comments regarding the proposed Growth Management <br />amendments to the Zoning Ordinance and the Subdivision Regulations that require major <br />subdivisions of property creating twenty (20) or more lots or consisting of twenty (20) or more <br />acres to follow a Class A Special Use Permit process. <br />BACKGROUND: On May 6, 2002, the Orange County Planning forwarded a letter to the Board <br />of County Commissioners regarding the need for additional growth controls in large residential <br />developments. During a joint BOCC/Planning Board meeting on June 6, 2002 there was <br />additional discussion of some of the challenges of large developments. On June 18~' the <br />BOCC passed a resolution requesting that relevant issues and possible actions be researched <br />prior to further deliberation. A brief discussion at the August 29, 2002 work session laid the <br />groundwork for the September 3, 2002 BOCC meeting where an issues report was presented <br />by the Planning Director, County Manager and County Attorney. A copy of that report is <br />attached. After the presentation, the Board directed the Administration to prepare a Special <br />Use Permit approval process for large-scale residential development projects. These <br />amendments are the result of that directive. <br />There are no projects `in the pipeline' (i.e. at Preliminary Plan submittal stage) that would be <br />required to follow the proposed Major Subdivision Class A Special Use process. Additionally, <br />no project has been submitted for concept approval that would be required, by these proposed <br />amendments, to follow the Class A process. Therefore, thetwo-week turnaround originally <br />proposed for the amendments will not be necessary. <br />G:RobertMovember2002PH/AbstractNOV2002 <br />