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regulations, make municipal and county regulations uniform, reorganize statutes to be more logical and user friendly, make clarifying amendments, and modernize language to fit current practice. For City and County boards, the revisions can be adopted on the first reading with a simple majority vote. The statute lays out the vested rights, how they are obtained, and how long they last. There is conditional zoning which allows for zoning and approving a specific site plan that gives vested rights for the plan. The Boards have 3 months to study the proposed changes, revise if necessary, and adopt. Staff has worked on incorporating the changes for about a year. An article by article review of the UDO has been conducted. A website link will be provided for the website showing each of the articles and appendixes separated out with track changes to represent the specific changes made in each article. Guiding principles for the revisions included conforming the UDO to Chapter 160D, conforming additional legislative changes in 2019 and 2020, conforming terminology to new 160D terms, taking advantage of new or improved procedures allowed by 160D, and correcting minor errors and typos discovered during review. When there is no impact to anyone who is supporting or opposed to a proposed project, staff can make the minor changes without the developer having to go through the planning and developing board approvals following the initial approval to make the minor changes. There is a process now to determine what to do with a parcel that is split by a jurisdictional line and the County and City can agree what will apply to the whole project. Examples of changes include update of 160A and 153A references to provisions in 160D, update definitions in UDO and Appendix A to align 160D definitions, add new required provisions (e.g. conflict of interest provision in 2.1.5), and modification of the types of subdivision guarantees (6.3.5.1.1), 3rd party downzoning is prohibited except by local governments, and notices may be delivered by personal delivery, email or 1st class mail. There is a requirement for a conflict of interest policy that applies to staff There is a new definition of development that is defined in the new code. The next thing that will happen is the three planning boards will review the changes and make a recommendation. Then the three governing boards will consider the material and recommendations and hold public hearings with the intent to adopt prior to July 1, 2021. Some changes that were made weren't required but were allowed by Chapter 160D such as the authority for staff to be able to make minor changes. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Motion to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Mover: Arianna Lavallee For: 5 - Arianna Lavallee, Cameron Sharpe, Kirk Smith, Bill Carver, Mark Lovick Absent: 2 — Dr. Andre Knecht, Robert Reives Motion- utt:.Passed I-- fria. / 'mD , ,,_f i ; +-`'� ^�,'8 Kirk D. Smith, Chairman n ` \ R� Lee County Board of Commissioners a \?'. ATTEST i' �/ Lig NORTH CAROLINA, LEE COIN 'nnifer e. . ble, Clerk to the Board S C �, a.!011 this da Mai_ _20, 21 at? .'15 ,..,M cc '.d n Bock .rig,. u ,:,. ^' " cds