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Orange County Board of Ca~issioners Page 3 September 12, 2008 1. 'The general arrangement of land uses within the proposed districts. 2. 'The general location and function of the vehicular and pedestrian circulation system. 3. The general solutions to the provision of utilities. 4, The general arrangement of evmm-on facilities such as open space, recreational installations, improvements, etc.. . S. A general description of the method of financing the installation and operation ofthe common facilities. 6. A schedule of construction of all elements of the proposal. Section 7.5.4 of the Zoning Ordinance requires the Zoning Offic a osed by the developer in the recommendations v-nthrespect to the master planlconcept plan. p p form of "findings" to be made by the Board of County Commissioners: a) As to the suitability of the proposals for the general type of FD category, the physical characteristics of the land, and relation of the proposed development to surrounding areas and existing and probable future development; • b) As to relation to major roads and mass transit facilities, utilities and other facilities and services; c) As to the adequacy of evidence on unified control and the suitability of any proposed agreements, contracts,~deed ereslrir su h~instruments~or fornamendment~s m • guarantees, or other instruments, those proposed; . o osed or the desirability of amendments; d) As to the suitability of plans pr F ations ar as to desirable specific e) As to the adherence to PD or general regal modifications in PD or general regulations as applied to the particular case, based on determination that such modifications are necessary or justified in the particular case by demonstration that the public purposes of PD ar other regulations would be met to at least an equivalent degree by such modifications. Based an such findings, the Zoning Officer shall recommend approval of the PD amendment proposed, approval conditioned on stipulated modifications or disapproval, with recorded reasons therefore. The Board of County Commissioners then either approves the planned development amendment ar does not (Sections 7.5.5 and 7.5.6 of the Zoning Ordinance). if the Board the approval must be accompanied by approves the planned development conceptlmaster plan, the approval of the special use permit applicable to the planned development district created and which will almost always contain a number of conditions to insure that the development conforms to the concept plan approved by ~ ~ °ents of the Board dee7nksed necessary to appro eaa the development conforms to all of the requu project thax does not otherwise meet existing economic development district requirements. North Carolina law does, however, require that each condition for approval of a planned development