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BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 1, 2011
Action Agenda ,
Item No. L{- - ~
SUBJECT: Legal Advertisement for Quarterly Public Hearing -February 28, 2011
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
1. Proposed Legal Advertisement
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Craig Benedict, Planning Director,
245- 2592
Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems
Coordinator, 245-2578
PURPOSE: To consider the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the joint Board of
County Commissioners/Planning Board Quarterly Public Hearing scheduled for February 28,
2011.
BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners reviews proposals to be considered at
public hearing for consistency with general County policy and presentation format. The following
items are scheduled for the February 28, 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing:
1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) - continuation of November 22, 2010 public
hearing.
2. Master Telecommunications Plan Map
3. Zoning Ordinance or UDO Text Amendment to add a permitted use (limited motor
vehicle sales and rentals) to the Neighborhood Commerical-2 (NC-2) zoning district
The attached legal advertisement provides additional information regarding these items.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Other than advertising costs, which are included in the FY 2010-11
Budget, there are no direct financial impacts associated with the approval of this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board approve the proposed
February 28, 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing legal advertisement.
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NOTICE OF JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD
A joint public hearing will be held at the Department of Social Services, Hillsborough
Commons, 113 Mayo St., Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday, February 28, 2011,
at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or
against the following items:
A. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) -Continuation of November 22, 2010
public hearing: The November 22, 2010 public hearing was continued to February
28, 2011 to give the public more time to review the proposed document.
The public hearing draft of the UDO is available on the Planning Department's
website at: http://www.co.orange.nc.us/planning/UDO.asp
Purpose: To receive additional citizen comment on the Unified Development
Ordinance (UDO).
2. Master Telecommunications Plan Map: In accordance with the provisions of
Section 6.18 Telecommunication Towers and Equipment and Section 6.18.5 Master
Telecommunication Plan of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, the County
proposes the adoption of the Master Telecommunications Plan Map (MTP). The
purpose of the MTP is to identify potential properties where telecommunication
providers are encouraged to develop, redevelop, modify, or expand
telecommunication facilities. The plan is further intended to illustrate an efficient
distribution of telecommunication facilities that will benefit the public at large. The
MTP, once adopted, may be modified on an annual basis at the February Quarterly
Public Hearing.
Properties identified on the MTP may include:
• Public sites (i.e. County or government owned property),
• Quasi-publicly owned property (i.e. volunteer fire departments, public utilities,
etc), and
• Property where current owners have expressed a formal interest to the
County in locating telecommunication towers.
The MTP will identify potential location(s) for telecommunications facilities including
locations that serve, or may be required to serve, the public safety and information
technology telecommunications network.
Approval of the MTP only pre-identifies potential telecommunication sites. It does not
formally approve a specific application for the shown properties allowing for the
development of telecommunication towers nor does it exempt providers from
obtaining all required permit approvals consistent with the Orange County Zoning
Ordinance, which may or may not require a special use permit.
No formal applications proposing the development of telecommunication facilities
have been received or will be approved through this scheduled public hearing.
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Purpose: To review the item and receive citizen comment on the Master
Telecommunications Plan Map.
3. Zoning Ordinance or Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text
Amendment: In accordance with Article Twenty (20) of the Orange County
Zoning Ordinance (Section 2.8 of the proposed UDO), Mr. Ben Lloyd has
submitted a zoning text amendment petition to amend Section 4.3 Table of
Permitted Uses of the Zoning Ordinance (Section 5.2 of the UDO) modifying the
Motor Vehicle Sales & Rental (New and Used) use category to allow the sale and
rental of motor vehicles in the Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2) zoning
district as a permitted use.
Within his application, Mr. Lloyd is proposing to cap the allowable number of
automobiles displayed/stored on NC-2 zoned property to twelve (12).
If approved, the proposed text amendment will be incorporated into either
Section 4.3 Table of Permitted Uses of the Zoning Ordinance or Section 5.2
Table of Permitted Uses of the UDO (whichever document is in effect at the time
of approval).
Purpose: To review the item and receive citizen comment on the proposed text
amendment.
Accommodations for individuals with physical disabilities can be provided if the request
is made to the Director of Planning at least 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing by
calling the one of the phone numbers below. The full text of the public hearing items
may be obtained after February 18, 2011 from the Planning Department (Note: the
UDO is available only digitally via the Department's website or a CD containing a PDF
file of the document may be obtained from the Department). The agenda abstract and
attachments may also be obtained at the County website www.co.orange.nc.us at the
Meeting Agendas link prior to the meeting.
Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning
Department located on the second floor of the County Office Building at 131 West
Margaret Lane, Suite 201, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may also call (919) 245-2575 or 245-2585 and
you will be directed to a staff member who will answer your questions.
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