HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-17-2010 - AgendaORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA
BOCC Work Session
September 17, 2010
Meeting -12:30 p.m.
Link Government Services Center
Hillsborough, NC
1. Continue Review/Comments on First Draft Unified Development
Ordinance (UDO)
ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 17, 2010
Action Agenda
Item No. 1
SUBJECT: First Draft Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
None -Please Bring Your Unified
Development Ordinance to the
Meeting
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2592
Shannon Berry, Planner II, 245-2589
Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578
Tom Altieri, Planner III, 245-2579
Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245-2597
PURPOSE: To continue review and comments on the first draft Unified Development
Ordinance (UDO).
BACKGROUND: At the August 23, 2010 work session, the BOCC received a staff presentation
on the UDO and began its review and comment on the document. During the course of the
evening, the Board provided comments on Articles 1 through 5. Comments were received in
roughly three categories:
1. Rephrasing and grammar
2. "White Paper" staff research on a few topics before a decision on whether to incorporate
the comment into the UDO
3. Noted for future UDO phases}
At the end of the evening, the Board decided a second work session would be necessary to
review and comment on the remainder of the document (Articles 6 through 10). September 17,
2010 was the date chosen and approved for the second work session. Since some
Commissioners were absent from the August 23 work session, staff may collect any comments
they have on Articles 1 through 5 for discussion after review of Articles 6 through 10 is
completed.
SCOPE: At the August 24, 2009 BOCC meeting, staff was authorized to begin the process of
developing the UDO. Specifically, staff was tasked with the following:
• Incorporate all land use development regulations (i.e. Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision
Ordinance, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control, and Floodplain Ordinance) into one
document,
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• Correct any identified inconsistencies that exist within the individual regulatory
standards,
• Begin updating the following sections of the Zoning Ordinance: Article 9 - Signage, Article
10 -Parking, Article 12 -Landscaping, and Article 6 -Dimensional Requirements
including, but not limited to: Section 6.31 Lighting and Section 6.27.11 Stream Buffers,
• Revise existing subdivision regulations to incorporate recent changes to State law and
eliminate identified inconsistencies,
• Develop a Conditional UselConditional zoning process for review and comment,
• Update existing graphics and tables detailing development standards, and
• Provide recommendations for subsequent phases of UDO amendments and 2030
Comprehensive Plan implementation.
SUBSEQUENT PHASES: Naturally, during development and review of the initial UDO there will
be tendencies to provide comments and ideas in areas where changes are not being made
during this project phase. In these cases, comments and ideas will be documented for
consideration in the next phase of UDO amendments.
It is a primary task of the County's Consultant, Clarion Associates, to document comments and
provide formal recommendations tothe County on subsequent phases of UDO amendments.
FIRST DRAFT UDO: The first draft UDO is approximately 750 pages and combines all existing
land development regulations under one cover. Although a sizeable document, staff has
"tracked" changes to enable the reader to identify new text from existing as quickly and easily as
possible. Furthermore, a comparative table (distributed in the August 23, 2010 work session
packet and available on-line} has been prepared as a tool for anyone interested in knowing
where existing regulations are located within the new UDO format.
The first draft does not contain graphics the Consultant will insert for the public hearing draft and
most of the tables contained in the first draft will be reformatted by the Consultant. Notations of
where graphics will be inserted and tables are to be reformatted are highlighted in the
document.
The draft UDO is available to the public on the Planning Department's website and upon
request, can be provided on CD.
WRITTEN COMMENTS: Planning Staff encourages BOCC, advisory board, and public review
and comment on the first draft. It would be helpful if individuals would please submit comments
digitally. A form has been prepared for this purpose and is available on the Planning
Department's website (www.co.oran ~ e.nc.usllannin ~ /UDO.asp). This form will also be
included on any CD copies of the UDO that are provided.
In order to be considered for inclusion into the draft document that will be presented at the
November 22, 2010 public hearing, comments must be received no later than 9:00 a.m. on
Monday, September 20, 2010. Planning staff will review comments and incorporate them as
appropriate before sending the document to our Consultant to format the tables and insert
graphics.
Comments should be e-mailed to Tom Altieri, Comprehensive Planning Supervisor, at:
taltieri(a~co.orange. nc. us
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If e-mailing comments or using the electronic form is not possible, comments will be accepted
prior to the due dateltime stated above and can be delivered as follows:
Hand-Delivery Address: Mailing Address:
Orange County Planning Department Orange County Planning Department
131 West Margaret Lane, Suite 201 P.O. Box 8181
Hillsborough, NC 27278 Hillsborough, NC 27278
The November public hearing draft document is expected to be available on or around
November 8, 2010.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The BOCC provided $32,600 in the 2009-2010 budget, Departmental
Contract Services Account, to complete this BOCC priority. The costs of consulting services, as
outlined in the executed contract, are not to exceed $30,000. The additional $2,600 was
budgeted for advertising, copying and printing expenses.
RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends the Board:
1. Review and provide comments on the remaining Articles (6 through 10).