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SCRIPT for Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment (TA24-04)
Request by Cindee Wolf with Design Solutions, applicant, to amend Article 4 of the Unified
Development ordinance to allow the use of Restaurant by-right in the O&I, Office & Institutional
District with a limitation on the maximum square footage of the use.
1. This is a public hearing. We will hear a presentation from staff. Then the applicant and any
opponents will each be allowed 15 minutes for their presentation and an additional 5 minutes
for rebuttal.
2. Conduct Hearing, as follows:
a. Staff presentation
b. Applicant’s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
c. Opponent’s presentation (up to 15 minutes)
d. Applicant’s rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
e. Opponent’s rebuttal (up to 5 minutes)
3. Close the public hearing.
4. Board discussion
5. Before we proceed with the vote, I would like to invite the applicant to the podium. Based on
the Board discussion and items presented during the public hearing, would you like withdraw
your petition, request a continuance, or proceed with a vote?
6. Vote on amendment. The motion should include a statement saying how the change is, or is not,
consistent with the land use plan and why approval or denial of the rezoning request is
reasonable and in the public interest.
Example Motion for Approval:
I move to RECOMMEND APPROVAL of the proposed amendment to the New Hanover
County Unified Development Ordinance to allow the use of Restaurant as by-right in the
O&I, Office & Institutional zoning district with the additional use standard capping the use
at 3,000 square feet. I find it to be CONSISTENT with the purpose and intent of the 2016
Comprehensive Plan because it provides up-to-date zoning tools. I also find
RECOMMENDING APPROVAL of the proposed amendment reasonable and in the public
interest because it is a use common in office districts, serves the intent of the O&I district
to create economic clusters, and would allow more adaptive reuse for existing buildings.
Alternative Motion for Denial (If based on information presented at the public hearing or other
consideration beyond the scope of staff review, the board finds denial appropriate.)
I move to recommend DENIAL the proposed rezoning. While I find it to be generally
CONSISTENT with the purposes and intent of the Comprehensive Plan because it provides
up-to-date zoning tools, I find recommending DENIAL of the rezoning request is reasonable
and in the public interest because the use is too intense for the generally low-intensity O&I
zoning district.
Alternative Motion for Approval/Denial:
I move to [Approve/Deny] of the proposed amendment to the New Hanover County Unified
Development Ordinance to allow the use of Restaurant as by-right in the O&I, Office & Institutional
zoning district with the additional use standard capping the use at 3,000 square feet. I find it to be
[Consistent/Inconsistent] with the purposes and intent of the Comprehensive Plan because [insert
reasons]
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I also find [Approval/Denial] of the proposed amendment is reasonable and in the public interest
because [insert reasons]
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