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A RESOLUTION ADDING THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE OF ORANGE
COUNTY TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA,AS
APPENDIX A
WHEREAS, on December 17, 1996 the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, pursuant to North
Carolina General Statute§153A-49,authorized the codification of its ordinances into a code of ordinances;and
WHEREAS,for various reasons the code of ordinances was not adopted but remained available to residents using
the Orange County website thus creating confusion regarding the actual adopted laws of Orange County;and
WHEREAS, the issues regarding adoption were ultimately resolved and on December 5, 2011 the general
ordinances of Orange County were codified by the Board of County Commissioners into the Code of Ordinances
of Orange County,North Carolina(the"Code');and
WHEREAS, due to multiple problems with the complexity of converting the Unified Development Ordinance
("UDO")to an appropriate format and also several staff changes and other issues at Municipal Code Corporation,
the entity with which Orange County contracted to maintain the Code,the Code did not include the UDO which
was adopted in its unified form on April 5,2011;and
WHEREAS,the Code's adoption ordinance specified that the UDO would remain in effect,however,and work
was continued on adding the UDO to the Code;and
WHEREAS,on April 3,2014 Municipal Code Corporation completed the final proofs of the UDO and delivered
them to the County Attorney's office after which both planning staff and the County Attorney reviewed the proofs
and determined the Proofs are ready for codification.
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED pursuant to North Carolina General Statute§153A-49 and the Adopting
Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, dated December 5, 2011, the Orange
County Unified Development Ordinance,having been originally adopted on April 5,2011 and amended from time
to time thereafter,and as it is reflected in the Unified Development Ordinance Proofs dated April 3,2014 provided
by Municipal Code Corporation, is added to the Code of Ordinances, Orange County, North Carolina, as
Appendix A thereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED recently adopted text amendments to the UDO, Ordinance 2014-017 regarding
kennels adopted April 15, 2014, Ordinance 2014-007 regarding home occupations adopted May 20, 2014, and
Ordinance 2014-022 regarding agricultural support enterprises outside the rural buffer adopted May 20,2014,are
not included in the Unified Development Ordinance Proofs and will not be published at this time, but shall
continue in full force and effect until and beyond such time as they are officially published in Appendix A of the
Code of Ordinances,Orange County,North Carolina.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all future amendments to the UDO shall be approved and codified in
accordance with applicable state law and the Adopting Ordinance of the Code of Ordinances,Orange County,
North Carolina,dated December 5,2011.
This the 20th day of 2014.
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