TITLE
Title
A LEGISLATIVE HEARING FOR UDO TEXT AMENDMENT CASE #24-09-PLBD-00098: AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 3 (PERMITS AND PROCEDURES), SECTION 3.5.M.4.d(3) AND 3.5.V.2.d(3) TO RECONCILE UDO TEXT WITH NCGS 160D-604 & 160D-605 TEXT REGARDING STATEMENTS FOR PLAN CONSISTENCY AND REASONABLENESS; REMOVING BOTH THE PLANNING BOARD REQUIREMENT FOR A REASONABLENESS AND PUBLIC INTEREST STATEMENT WHEN REVIEWING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEN ADOPTING OR REJECTING A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
J. Leslie Bell
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BACKGROUND
Background
On October 9, 2024, the Planning Board voted in favor of recommending (minutes attached) to the Board of Commissioners staff proposed UDO Text Amendment Case #24-09-PLBD-00098. The proposed amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), Article 3 (Referenced as Subsection 3 under Chapter 15, Article II, Section 15-56 of the Guilford County Code of Ordinances) Section 3.5.M.4.d(3) and Section 3.5.V.2.d(3) reconciles UDO text with final NCGS 160D language (as ratified by the NC General Assembly) for the Planning Board and Board of Commissioners regarding plan consistency statement and a statement analyzing the reasonableness of a zoning map amendment, respectively. The proposed text amendment to the UDO more closely replicates language per NCGS 160D-604 & 160D-605 regarding zoning map amendments (rezoning) and text amendments (as ratified by the NC General Assembly). Additionally, for zoning text amendments, the revised UDO language no longer requires the Planning Board to make a reasonableness and public interest statement of the proposed amendment as part of its recommendation to the Board of Commissioners. Also, the revised UDO language no longer requires that the Board of Commissioners make a statement analyzing the reasonableness (and public interest) when adopting or rejecting any zoning text amendment (NCGS 160D-605 prior draft text was revised for final ratification by the NC Genera...
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