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ORANGE COUNTY
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON A PROPOSED SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
POLICY AND PROPOSED REVISIONS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION
ORDINANCE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ZONING ATLAS, ZONING ORDINANCE,
AND SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR ORANGE COUNTY, N.C.
Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A, Section 240, 323 and 343, and
Articles 20.5, 20.6, 2.2.12 and 2.2.13 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, and Section VII of the Orange County
Subdivision Regulations, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held in the Superior Courtroom of the Orange
County Courthouse(New), 106 East Margaret Lane,Hillsborough,North Carolina,on Monday,May 23, 1994 at 7:30 p.m.
for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for against the following items:
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PRINCIPLES
A sustainable community is one which uses and protects its human and natural resources to meet current needs while
insuring that community assets are available for future generations. A policy is proposed for inclusion in the Board of ;
Commissioners Policy Manual which outlines sustainable community principles which should be used to evaluate local jv
programs and policies.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
The proposed amendment would add a new Article 4 to establish procedures for local review of nominations to the
National Register of Historic Places. The current Article 4 (Certificate of Appropriateness) and Article 5 (Remedies and
Legal Status Provisions)would be renumbered to Articles 5 and 6,respectively.
REZONING REQUESTS
The proposed amendments to the Orange County Zoning Atlas are as follows:
1. Z-2-94 Orange Water and Sewer Authority
The applicant proposes to rezone approximately 68.4 acres from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Agricultural Services
(AS). The subject property is located northwest of the intersection of Orange Grove Road (SR 1006) and NC 54, lying
approximately 2000 feet from both State Roads and accessed by two private roads across property also owned by
OWASA.The property is more specifically described as Lot 8,Tax Map 26,of Bingham Township.
2. Z-3-94 Bobby Kirk
The applicant proposes to rezone approximately five (5) acres from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Neighborhood
Commercial (NC-2). The subject property is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Orange Grove Road
(SR 1006) and Bradshaw Quarry Road (SR 1115), and is more specifically described as part of Lot 4, Tax Map 11, of
Bingham Township.The property is located in the Cane Creek Protected Watershed.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS
Several amendments are proposed which involve the recently adopted Economic Development Districts. The first two items
are related to boundary or map adjustments requested by property owners in the 1-851U.S. 70 Economic Development
District. In addition, changes to the locational criteria in the Comprehensive Plan and application criteria in the Zoning
Ordinance are proposed.
1. Comprehensive Plan Map Amendments
a. CP-4-94 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District
When the 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District was approved on March 15, 1994, several properties were
split by the Economic Development District Land Use Plan designation. During the public hearing concerning the
district proposals, the owners requested that all of their property be included in the Economic Development District
category.
Adjustments proposed to move the Land Use Plan designation boundaries to property lines are as follows:
Current Proposed
Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Designation Designation
Eno 5.25..90B 2.86 Commercial Economic
Eno 5.25..91 1.79 Activity Development
Eno 5.25..102 0.80 Node Activity
Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 Node
2. Zoning Atlas(MAP)Amendments
a. Z-4-94 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District
When the 1-85/U.S.70 Economic Development District was approved on March 15, 1994, several properties were
split by either the "zoning district" boundary or by a "development area" boundary identified in the Economic
Development Districts Design Manual (Article 6.29 of the Zoning Ordinance). During the public hearings concerning
the district proposals, the owners requested that all of their property be included in the Economic Development
District (EDD) zoning district. The owners also requested that adjustments be made in the Primary and Secondary
Development Area designations to include all of their property.
Adjustments proposed to move the zoning district boundaries to property lines are as follows:
Current Proposed
Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Zoning Zoning
Eno 5.25..90B 2.86 R-1 EDD
Eno 5.25..91 1.79 R-1 EDD
Eno 5.25..102 0.80 R-1 EDD
Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 R-1 EDD
Adjustments proposed to the development area boundaries described in the Economic Development Districts Design
Manual(Article 6.29 of the Zoning Ordinance)are as follows: Current Proposed
Development Development
Township Tax Map.Block.Lot Acreage Area Area
Eno 5.25..908 2.86 None Primary
7.18 Secondary Primary
Eno 5.25..91 1.79 None Primary
5.21 Secondary Primary
Eno 5.25..102 0.80 None Secondary
Eno 5.25..102A 1.01 None Secondary
Eno 5.25..103 0.76 Secondary Primary
Eno 5.25..59 1.99 Secondary Primary
Eno 5.25..54A 4.73 Secondary Primary
3. Comprehensive Plan,'Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments
a. Locational Criteria
(1) Comprehensive Plan: Changes are proposed to the wording of the criteria contained in Section 3.4 of the land
Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The criteria are used to determine appropriate locations for various
types of land uses and are also used to evaluate requests for changes to the land Use Plan Map. These criteria
include land slope, hydrology, flora and fauna, soil conditions, public services/utilities, transportation systems,
energy use, existing land use, agriculture and forestry, population density, and historic and cultural resources.
b. Application Criteria
(1) Zoning Ordinance! Related to changes to the (ocational criteria are revisions to the "Application Criteria"
contained in Article 4.2.19 of the Zoning Ordinance, Specifically, criteria pertaining to the type of utility service
are to be considered; e.g., public water and sewer service only, or the option of extending public utilities where
available or using acceptable alternatives (wells and septic systems).
OPEN SPACE DEVELOPMENT AREAS
Pro;posed amendments to the land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan have been presented at public hearing which
seek to create a new "Open Space Development Area" land use plan category. The following amendments to the Zoning
Ordinance and Subdivision Regulations are proposed through which to implement the intent of the new category.
1. Intent/Application Criteria: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 4,2 — District Statements of Intent and
Application Criteria — of the Zoning Ordinance. Under the proposed Article 4.2.6, a new zoning district, OSD —
Open Space Development Area, would be created, including a statement of intent and criteria applicable to the
proposed new district.
2. Permitted Uses: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 4.3 — Table of Permitted Uses — of the Zoning
Ordinance to provide a list of permitted uses in the OSD — Open Space Development District.
3. Dimensional Requirements: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 5.1.2 — Establishment of Dimensional
Requirements (Schedule for Residential Development) — of the Zoning Ordinance to provide a notation that open
space development projects are subject to the design standards contained in Article 6.30 of the Zoning Ordinance.
4. Development Standards: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 6 of the Zoning Ordinance and would add a new
Article 6.30 — Development Standards for Open Space Development (OSD) Districts to establish a set of development
standards which all projects in an Open Space Development District must comply.
5. Planned Developments: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 7.2.1 of the Zoning Ordinance to include the
PD-H-OSD Planned Development-Housing-Open Space Development District as a permitted Planned Development
District.
6. Definitions: This proposal involves an amendment to Article 22 — Definitions — of the Zoning Ordinance and would
add a definition of "Open Space Development Area".
7. Subdivision Approval: This proposal involves on amendment to Section IV — Required Minimum Design Standards
of the Subdivision Regulations. The proposal would add a new Section IV-B-12, requiring subdivisions proposed within
an Open Space Development zoning district to adhere to the development standards proposed under#4 above.
OTHER SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS AMENDMENTS
In addition to the text amendments proposed above, other changes to the Subdivision Regulations are to be considered.
They involve the following provisions:
1. Private Roads: The proposed amendment to Section IV-B-3-d-1 Roads (Private Road Justification Criteria) is for the
purpose of including, as justification for a private road, the preservation of site features which preserve or enhance
special or unique characteristics of the immediate area surrounding a proposed subdivision.
2. Minor Subdivisions: The proposed amendments to Section II Definitions (Subdivision, Minor) and Section III-B
Classification of Subdivision would allow a subdivision which involves the dedication or improvement of a new public
road to be classified as a Minor Subdivision, provided tot the remaining criteria of the definition are met.
3. Preliminary Plan Approval: The amendment to Section fll-C-4 Acton Subsequent to Approval (Preliminary Plan) would
require that the offer of dedication of a public road in an approved Minor Subdivision be presented to and accepted
by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on behalf of the public.
Copies of the proposed text and atlas amendments as described in this notice are available for public inspection at the
Orange County Planning Department.
All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be received during the public
hearing. Following the close of the public hearing, only evidence received in writing by the date of the Planning Board
meeting following the public hearing will be considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision.
Changes may be mode in the advertised proposals which reflect debate, objections and discussion at the hearing.
Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Deportment located in the Planning
and Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Rood, Hillsborough, North Carolina. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Friday. You may also call 732-8181 (Hillsborough), 688-7331 (Durham), 907-9251 (Chapel
Hill-Carrboro) or 227-2081 (Mebone/Graham). Please ask for extension 2575 or 2585. You will be directed to a staff
member who will answer your questions.
Marvin Collins, Planning Director
PUBLISH: May 11 1994
May 1 E' 1994