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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA NOTE: Information is available on-line
February 13, 2017 at the "Meeting Agendas" link at:
7:00 P.M. http://www.orangecountync.gov/
Richard Whitted Meeting Facility and also in the Planning Department
300 West Tryon Street or the County Clerk's Office
Hillsborough, NC 27278
NOTICE TO PEOPLE WITH IMPAIRED HEARING: Audio amplification equipment is
available on request. If you need this assistance, please call the County Clerk's
Office at (919) 245-2130.
Note: The Legal Advertisement for the Quarterly Public Hearing is included in the agenda
packet immediately following the agenda.
A. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR
B. PUBLIC CHARGE
The Board of Commissioners pledges to the residents of Orange County its respect.
The Board asks its residents to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner,
both with the Board and with fellow residents. At any time should any member of the
Board or any resident fail to observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending
member to leave the meeting until that individual regains personal control. Should
decorum fail to be restored, the Chair will recess the meeting until such time that a
genuine commitment to this public charge is observed. All electronic devices such as
cell phones, pagers, and computers should please be turned off or set to silent/vibrate.
C. PUBLIC HEARING — QUASI JUDICIAL ITEMS
D. PUBLIC HEARING — LEGISLATIVE ITEMS
1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text
Amendment - To review government-initiated amendments to the text of the
Comprehensive Plan and UDO regarding revisions and modifications to the Mobile
Home Park Conditional Zoning District (MHP-CZD). The modifications would revise
the district standards to also allow for Temporary Residential Units [namely,
Recreational Vehicles (RVs)]. The zoning district would also be renamed Home
Park Conditional Zoning District (HP-CZD).
E. ADJOURNMENT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
F. WORK SESSIONS ITEMS
1. Introduction to Potential Joint Planning Amendments — To receive a
presentation on possible amendments to the Orange County— Chapel Hill —
Carrboro Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement.
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2. Introduction to Potential Amendments to the Water and Sewer Management,
Planning, and Boundary Agreement — To receive a presentation on possible
amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary
Agreement,
G. INFORMATION ITEM
1. Unified Development Ordinance — Tables of Permitted Uses —To receive an
update on amendments to the UDO that would reorganize the Tables of Permitted
Uses in response to the Byrd v. Franklin County judicial decision.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held at the Whitted Building, 300 West Tryon Street, 2nd Floor, Hillsborough,
North Carolina, on Monday, February 13, 2017 at 7:00 PM for the purpose of giving all interested
residents an opportunity to speak for or against the following item:
1 . Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Text Amendment(s): In
accordance with the provisions of Section(s) 2.3 Comprehensive Plan Amendments and 2.8
Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance Amendments of the Unified Development
Ordinance, the Planning Director has initiated amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and the
Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) regarding revisions to the Mobile Home Park Conditional
Zoning District (MHP-CZ) including retitling the district Home Park Conditional Use (HP-CZ).
Specifically Appendix F of the Comprehensive Plan is being revised, changing the reference to the
Mobile Home Park Conditional Zoning District (MHP-CZ) to Home Park Conditional Use (HP-CZ),
and the following Sections for the UDO are proposed for amendments:
• 2.9.2 Conditional Zoning Districts;
• 3.8 Conditional Districts (MHP-CZ to be retitled HP-CZ);
• 5.2 Table of Permitted Uses;
• 5.5 Standards for Residential Uses; and
• Article 10 Definitions.
The purpose of the proposed amendments is to allow both manufactured homes and temporary
residential units (aka Recreational Vehicles) within a Home Park and increase opportunities for
temporary housing including the use of tiny homes, constructed on a chassis and meeting the
State definition of a recreational vehicle.
The Orange County Planning Board will review the proposed amendments at its February 1, 2017
meeting and make a recommendation.
Purpose: To review the item and receive public comment on the proposed amendments.
Substantial changes in items presented at the public hearing may be made following the receipt of
comments made at the public hearing. Accommodations for individuals with physical disabilities can
be provided if the request is made to the Planning Director at least 48 hours prior to the Public
Hearing by calling one of the phone numbers below. The full text of the public hearing items may be
obtained no later than February 3, 2017 at the County website www.oranpecountync.pov at the
County Commissioners Agendas link
(http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/board of county commissioners/agendas.php#).
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 or you may e-mail questions to planninpdept @oranpecountync.pov.
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