HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-2023-019-An Ordinance Amending the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map and the Orange County Zoning Atlas Attachment 5
Ordinance #: _ ORD-2023 - 194 a ` I
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND
THE ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS
WHEREAS , Orange County has received and processed applications seeking to amend the
Orange County Comprehensive Plan ' s Future Land Use Map and the Orange County Zoning
Atlas , as established in Sections 1 . 7 and 1 . 2 , respectively , of the Orange County Unified
Development Ordinance ( UDO ) , and
WHEREAS , these applications seek to establish an Orange County Land Use classification and
Zoning district for the first time on property annexed into Orange County on June 30 , 2021 , via
North Carolina Session Law 2021 - 67 , and
WHEREAS , the annexed piece of property is 4 . 66 acres of an 8 . 14 acre parcel of property with
Parcel Identification Number ( PIN ) 979 &29 - 3144 , and
WHEREAS , the annexed piece of property is described as :
Formerly lying and being in Williams Township , Chatham County , North Carolina , and now
lying and being in Chapel Hill Township , Orange County , North Carolina , and described more
fully as follows :
BEGINNING at an iron pipe set , a new corner for Chatham — Orange County , in the
western property line of Carolina Meadows , Inc . , ( Deed Book 477 , Page 8 Chatham County
Registry) bearing NAD 83 ( 2011 ) N . C . Grid Coordinate values of North 768 , 963 . 87 U . S .
survey feet , East 1 , 992 , 521 . 14 U . S . survey feet ; thence with Carolina Meadows , Inc . , South
010 52 ' 01 " East , 532 . 37 feet to an existing concrete monument with a broken top , a new
corner for Chatham — Orange County , also being a corner of Carolina Meadows , Inc . , ( Deed
Book , 706 , Page 237 Chatham County Registry) ; thence with Carolina Meadows , Inc . South
880 08 ' 00 " West , 384 . 37 feet to a disturbed existing iron pipe ( reset) , a new corner for
Chatham — Orange County , on or near the eastern maintenance right of way line of Mt .
Carmel Church Road ( NCSR 1008 ) ; thence North 010 51 ' 57 " West , 524 . 41 feet to an iron
pipe set , a new corner for Chatham — Orange County , on or near the eastern maintenance
right of way line of Mt . Carmel Church Road ( NCSR 1008 ) ; thence with the former county line
North 870 40 ' 20 " East , 0 . 80 feet to former county line monument #3 as shown on Plat Slide
2004425 , Chatham County Registry ( PID AB2055 ) ; thence continuing with the former county "
line North 860 56 ' 43 " East , 383 . 65 feet to the BEGINNING , containing 4 . 6623 acres more or
less ( 203 , 091 square feet more or less ) as shown on a map prepared by Smith & Smith ,
Surveyors , P . A . entitled " Final Plat of a Partial Resurvey of the Chatham — Orange County
Line , " dated September 16 , 2020 .
The above - described was annexed into Orange County by Act of the North Carolina
General Assembly , Session Law 2021 - 67 effective June 30 , 2021 and recombined with that
certain 3 . 4730 acre parcel of land as shown on that certain " Final Plat of a Partial Resurvey
of the Chatham - Orange County Line " dated September 16 , 2020 prepared by Smith & Smith ,
Surveyors , P . A . , and recorded in the Orange County Registry in Plat Book 124 , Page 74 .
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WHEREAS , the requirements of Sections 2 . 3 and 2 . 8 of the UDO have been deemed complete ,
and
WHEREAS , the proposals have been found to be internally consistent with the 2030 Orange
County Comprehensive Plan or part thereof including , but not limited to , the following :
• Land Use Goal 2 : Land uses that are appropriate to on -site environmental conditions
and features and that protect natural resources , cultural resources , and community
character .
• Objective LU -2 . 1 : Maintain the rural , low- density land surrounding Chapel Hill and
Carrboro Transition Areas as Rural Buffer land , as designated on the Future Land Use
Map . Future consideration should be given to designating Rural Buffer areas around
other municipalities where such interest exists .
and
WHEREAS , the proposals have been found to be consistent with the Orange County — Chapel
Hill — Carrboro Joint Planning Land Use Plan . Specifically , the accompanying Joint Land Use
Plan amendment will apply the " Rural Buffer" land use classification to a portion of a parcel that
was annexed into Orange County , from Chatham County , in 2021 . The Rural Buffer
classification is consistent with adjoining and nearby lands in Orange County , and
WHEREAS , the Board has found the proposed Land Use classification of " Rural Buffer" and
Zoning district of RB ( Rural Buffer) to be reasonable and in the public interest , and
WHEREAS , the property lies within the Jordan Lake Protected Watershed delineated by the NC
Department of Environmental Quality Water Supply Watershed program and is thereby
consistent with that same zoning overlay district , as established in Section 4 . 2 of the UDO .
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County that the Orange County
Comprehensive Plan ' s Future Land Use Map and the Orange County Zoning Atlas is hereby
amended to apply the Land Use classification of " Rural Buffer, " the Zoning District of RB ( Rural
Buffer) , and the Zoning Overlay District of Jordan Lake Protected Watershed to the
aforementioned piece of property .
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED THAT this ordinance be placed in the book of published ordinances
and that this ordinance is effective upon its adoption .
Upon motion of Commissioner lb, seconded by Commissioner
VC � the foregoing ordinance was adopted this day of
2023 .
I , Laura Jensen , Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for Orange County , DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true copy of so much of the proceedings of said Board at a
meeting held on _ Co 2023 as relates in any way to the adoption of
the foregoing and that said proceedings are recorded in the minutes of the said Board .
WITNESS my hand and the seal of said County , this day of 7 - 20239
Clerk
to the Bo d of Commissioners
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