HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 08-24-2009ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA
August 24, 2009
7:00 P.M.
Central Orange Senior Center
103 Meadowlands Drive
(Adjacent to the Triangle Sportsplex)
Hillsborough, North Carolina
NOTE: Information is
Available in the Planning
Department or the
Clerk's Office
NOTICE TO PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED HEARING: Audio amplification equipment is
available on request. If you need this assistance, please call the County Clerk's
Office at 732-8181 or 967-9251.
A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
B. PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Commissioners pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The
Board asks its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both
with the Board and with fellow citizens. At any time should any member of the Board or
any citizen fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to
leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to
be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine
commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as cell
phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate.
C. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
1. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: To receive public comment on proposed
amendment(s) to Article Six (6) Application of Dimensional Requirements Section
6.31 Outdoor Lighting Standards of the Orange County Ordinance revising existing
regulations governing the review, approval, and use of outdoor lighting fixtures for
residential and non-residential land uses.
2. Strategic Growth and Rural Conservation Plan: To receive public comment on
acceptance of the Strategic Growth and Resource Conservation (SGRC) Plan. The
SGRC is a proposed program whereby development rights in specific areas of the
county could be transferred to other specific areas of the county in order to preserve and
protect sensitive areas and uses while allowing development and greater
density/intensity in areas of the county better suited to accommodate it. The first two
phases of the SGRC program (research and feasibility) were previously completed and
were accepted in June 2006. The final third phase (specific program and administrative
design) is the subject of this hearing, not as an implementation action but as a list of
recommendations for future prioritization and speck text or map zoning amendment.
D. ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARING
E. NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
Processes for Small Area Plan Implementation, Unified Development Ordinance
Completion, and Comprehensive Plan Implementation: Staff will present for
BOCC consideration proposed processes and work plan for 1) Implementing Small
Area Plans, 2) Completing a Unified Development Ordinance, and 3) Ongoing
Comprehensive Plan implementation.