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38 <br />2. Orange County proposes amendments to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance to revise the <br />time constraints in Article 2 (The Board of County Commissioners. and its Administrative <br />Mechanisms), Article 3 (Establishment of .Zoning Districts and Atlas), Article 6.29.3 <br />(Development Standards for Economic Development Districts), Article 8 (Special Uses), and ' <br />Article 20 (Amendments). Proposed amendments will: <br />~ Provide adequate time for staff to receive complete development review ftom all applicable <br />agencies prior#o completing reports to boards; <br />• Provide adequate timefor board review of projects; and - <br />• Delete provision that allows approval of applications that do not meet ordinance regulations <br />if processing time cannot be met. <br />ORANGE COUNTY SUBDNISION ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br />1. Orange County proposes amendments to the Orange County Subdivision .Regulations to <br />revise the time constraints in Section III (Application and Approval Procedures), Section IV-B-7 <br />(Sites for Public Use), and Section VII-D-4 (Action .Subsequent to the Date of Public Hearing): <br />Proposed amendments will <br />• Provide adequate time for staff to receive complete development review ftom all applicable <br />agencies prior to completing reports to boards; <br />• Provide adequate time for board review of projects;.and <br />• Delete provision that allows approval of applications that do not meet ordinance regulations <br />if processing time cannot be met. <br />• Revise process for appeal of staff decisions concerning subdivision classification (minor vs <br />major) and approval of minor subdivisions. <br />Z. Orange County .Planning Board and planning staff propose amendments to the .Orange <br />County, Subdivision Regulations Section IV-B-10 Flexible Development: a. to amend D-1 <br />Estate Lot Option to 1. reduce minimum lot size from 4.0 acres to 3.0 acres with average lot <br />size of 3.5 acres; 2. provide .a 150 ft. buffer along state maintained roads adjacent to <br />subdivision boundaries; 3. restrict lot. access to internal subdivision roads; and b. to amend <br />D.3 Cluster Option to clarify that any transfer of density within a cluster development will not. <br />result in a greater density within any specific zoning district than the average density allowed <br />by .zoning restrictions within that specfic district including overlay districts, (eg: flexible <br />development proposals spanning the critical area (CA) and the balance (PV1~ of a protected <br />watershed cannot shift density ftom a higher density zoning (PV11) to a lower density zoning <br />(CA))• <br />All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be <br />received during the public hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence <br />received in writing by the date of the Planning Board meeting following the public hearing will be <br />considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision. <br />Changes may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect debate, objections and <br />discussion at the hearing. <br />Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department <br />located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, 306E Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina. <br />g:VclincolnW899phad.doc~8-4-99Ud <br />