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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 19, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 0-ft <br />SUBJECT: Text Amendments: Development Standards In Cane Creek Watershed <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1) Administration Recommendation <br />2) Ordinance Amending O.C. Zoning Ordinance <br />3) Ordinance Amending O.C. Subdivision Regulations <br />4) '1j-23-98 Public Hearing Minutes <br />5) 9,1 -99 Planning Board Minutes <br />6) Executive Summary of Staff Report <br />7) 11-16-98 Staff Recommendation <br />8) 8-26-99 Memorandum to Planning Board <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, ext. 2583 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4601 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane .(336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider proposed text amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and to the <br />Orange County Subdivision Regulations that will implement new development standards for Cane Creek <br />watershed. Ordinance amendments are legislative zoning decisions. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Request <br />Amendments, resulting from a three-year study of Cane Creek Watershed conducted by the Orange Water <br />and Sewer Authority (OWASA), propose changes to Article 22 (Definitions) and Article V11, Section 6.23 <br />(Extra Requirements for Watershed Protection Overlay Districts) of the Orange County, Zoning <br />Ordinance and to Section IV-13-10, Flexible Development, of the Orange County Subdivision <br />Regulations to implement new watershed protection measures for Cane Creek watershed. These <br />changes incorporate subsequent recommendations made in October, 1997, by the OWASA Board of <br />Directors. <br />Location <br />The proposed amendments will affect future development within the Cane Creek watershed. <br />Existing and Proposed Conditions <br />Existing: ® Maximum density: 1 du/2 acres. <br />• 33% open space requirement in flexible development subdivisions using the <br />conservation, or cluster option (conservation-cluster). <br />Proposed: • Maximum density: I du/ five acres; Lots of record existing on date of adoption may <br />contain up to, but no more than, five lots as small as two acres in size. <br />Flexible development subdivisions; allowed with overall density of 1 du/2 acres <br />provided 60% of total area is reserved as open space. <br />0 50% open space requirement in flexible development subdivisions within the <br />Cane Creek watershed. <br />g:\ txtamend \canecrk\boccabs.doc \10- 6 -99 \kl <br />