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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda - 04-10-1979 r.- AGENDA ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS APRIL 10, 1979 COMMISSIONERS MEETING ROOM, ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 7:30 P.M. I. Does any Board member wish to modify this agenda? 2• Does any member of the audience with to comment on items : A) Not on this agenda? B) On this agenda? 3. The Clerk submits minutes of meeting held April 2, 1979 for Boa yd consideration. 4. Discussion concerning planning in Chapel Hill-Carrboro area. S• Executive session to continue discussion on Interstate-40. ATTACHMEtET A ARTICLE V1II IMPi:OVEHEN'T REQUIRED AND hEll;Ii•WI STAt:DAP103 Or Each sc+bjivision shall contain the follotvring improve-man;.s, .;spending on the proposed lot sizes as expressed in .thy lcrprovm.-ants Multi Fe;uir°ed t Familyj Eot Areal in 1 ,000 Square Feet 435. 43.6 20_ 12 lOJ Group I Graded Streets F{ Lots X X x X X X x Underground Drainage X X % X X Central Water & Hydrants x x x X` Public Sewer X X X X X i Paved Streets x x % x X ! ' E;ax. Street Grade} 15h loi; 8fiI 8`r, 6% 5% 5% ! Sidewalks one Side X X % i Sidewalks Both Sides Y, X 3_ x x X 1; Curb & Gutter a Street Lights x X x Street Trees X K X ' Underground Wiring X X X X X Recreation Area x X (over 10 Acres in S/o-) -liot Applicable to Hillside DevelopMnts, I Z. Suitabilitxi of Land Land subject to flooding, improper drainage, erosion or that is for topographical or other reasons unsuitable for residential use as 3 determined by the Planning Board, shall not be platted for residerstial use a nor for any other uses that s•rill continue or increase the dtnger to Erea th, safety, or property unless the hazards can be and are corrected. '119 IMPLEMENTATION First, we must establish the Transition Zone's (Joint Planning Areas) total area and boundaries. This can be done by staff or by some other mechanism. Our methodology to do this should take the following into account; future land needs, population, the future need for commercial, industrial, recreation, public and residential land, your policy of in-fill of undeveloped land inside the present Town limits, a land development inefficiency multiplier, a multiplier to prevent land monopoly, etc., plus other factors. Our methodology could be similar to that used by Triangle J Council of Governments in their Land Classification Plan. A outer boundary line and an inner boundary line ( this could be the Town limits or anywhere beyond that) would be the site for joint planning. A specific, clear and concise land use plan must be developed by either the staff or by some other mechanism for the area. One alternative already proposed is that this area be residential with gradually decreasing density the greater the distance from the Town limits. The land use plan needs to clearly specify all Towns and the County's transportation plans and a water and sewer plan. Both Town and County land development ordinances need to contain sections that would mandate implementation of the land use plan, the transportation plan, and the water and sewer plan. Each plan must be precise, clear, definite and as unambiguous as humanly possible in delienation of standards, acreage, distances, etc. The primary and most important plan for joint planning would be the land use plan. However, if the New Hope basin is included in the Transition Zone, then the land use plan and (resultant) :rater and sewer plan becomes critically important. Areas that might need special attention are around the Proposed I-40 interchange(s), if that road is ever built. Another potential concern is protection of Duke Forest land in the Transition Zone. As critically important as it is to initially plan these areas, another equally critical factor is the continual, periodic, update and adoption of all plans that impact these joint areas. Without this continual update and adoption, good plans will soon become obsolete and make implementation difficult, if not impossible. The ALI Model Land Development Code proposes a two year update cycle, Atlanta, Georgia updates and readopts its comprehensive plan annually and Seattle mandates a two year cycle for their policy plan. The State Land Policy Council recommended a five year update cycle for the "Land Classification Plans". Five years is too infrequent and a one or two year cycle more reasonable. The current informal review process by the Technical Review Committee is very important. This process should be formal by amending the land development or zoning ordinance accordingly and officially create a Technical Review Committee. In area C the Orange County Planning Board would formally review the Technical.Review Committee's recommendations. If any of its recommendations are ignored or overturned, then the Planninn Rnard wotild have to formally state reasons whv_ In area C, Orange County's land development ordinance would be the enforcing ordinance. The key is that we would be implementing the jointly agreed upon land use plan and subdivision standards. The County's subdivision regulations would have to be amended to implement Town standards in this area. Attachment A from the North Carolina Model Subdivision Regulations (1977) gives us an example of the kinds of standards that could be added to Orange County's subdivision regu- lations. For the Planned Development Districts, Special Use Districts or Con- ditional Uses, minimum standards can be stated for streets, curb and gutter, etc. ALTERNATIVE III SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF JOINT PLANNING KEY Township Boundaries UL City G (BL Joint Planning Area: City makes decision after input from County si. Icl County exclusively plans and implem:..,r ALTERNATIVE II SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF JOINT PLANNING KEY Township Boundaries City A City exclusively plans and implements. (B) point Planning Area: County makes decisions after input from City staff. C County exclusively plans and implements J ISSUE PAPER JOINT PLANNING is The objective of joint planning . to implement city standards in unincorporated areas that will eventually become part of the city; Joint planning could occur within what has been called the Transition Zone, de- fined as that land which will eventually be incorporated into the city, possibly within twenty years, and require the full range of urban services when totally developed. Phil Green met with Gene Shipman, Michael Jennings, Sam Gattis and Jim Polatty on Friday, April 6, 1979. Mr. Green reported there are three types of joint planning, informal, formal and consolidated. Informal joint planning is approximately the method presently used by Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro in the Transition Zone defined in Chapel Hill's 1975 Land Classification Plan. (City standards can not be legally implemented, only encouraged.) Formal joint planning requires mandatory referral by the land development ordinances. A Technical Review Committee could be authorized, by ordinances, to review in a formal report all proposed development in the area. This report would have to be included if not accepted in the Planning Board's recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners. A Consolidated planning agency currently is operating in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, Charlotte/ Mecklenburg, and Wilmington/New Hanover County. If joint planning is adopted, staff recommends use of the formal joint planning, as outlined above. Mr. Green stated that there are three levels of coordination necessary to involve in any joint planning proposals, staff, Planning Board, and Governing Board. Three alternatives outlined below include setting up one government's staff, Planning Board, and Governing Body as the final decision maker and those with the ultimate responsibility for implementation of plans and development standards. The other government's staff would review the project on the Tech- nical Review Committee, give comments and input into a formal report that would have to be formally responded to by the other government's Planning Board. Each of the following alternatives are designed to include an area where the County implements its ordinance without anx joint planning (Area C) and an area where the City implements its ordinance without any joint planning (Area A). Joint planning will occur in Area B. ALTERNATIVE I SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM OF JOINT PLANNING KEY Township Boundaries Q n x i ty (B) Joint Planning Area: County makes decision after input from City staff. —County exclusively plans and implements_