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ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
MEMORANDUM
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Bonnie Hammersley, Orange County Manager
Travis Myren, Orange County Deputy Manager
FROM: Craig N. Benedict, Planning Director
Steve Brantley, Economic Development Director
Perdita Holtz, Planner III — Planning Systems Coordinator
DATE: April 2, 2019
SUBJECT: BOCC Information Item — Analysis of Rezoning for Economic
Development and Additional Marketable Sites
This memo is to provide an update to BOCC work session discussions in late 2018 and
early 2019 regarding economic development opportunities in Orange County. Planning
and Economic Development staffs are currently analyzing rezoning opportunities in the
CITAN (Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node) that is located in the Efland-
Buckhorn-Mebane corridor.
Additionally, staff is completing an analysis of marketable sites located adjacent, or in
close proximity, to currently designated growth areas. This analysis includes
developing a matrix that depicts what modifications, if any, would need to be made to
existing regulations, agreements, etc. in order to designate lands for non-residential
development. For example, would the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and
Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) need to be modified; would a Future Land Use Map
amendment be required? The analysis also includes an examination of potentially un-
designating lands that are currently designated for economic development but which
have more limited potential.
Staff is also completing a "white paper" on the various additional standards found in the
UDO (Unified Development Ordinance) that must be met by developments in the
economic development districts.
Staff anticipates presenting the results of this work at a future BOCC work session,
perhaps before the summer break, if agenda space allows.