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Planning staff outlines broad UDO amendments, plans consultant search
Summary
Town planning staff told the Planning and Zoning Board that a comprehensive update to the town's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) will focus on user experience, statutory compliance (160D), and higher development standards; staff proposed hiring a consultant and holding workshops beginning this spring.
Presenter told the Town of Harrisburg Planning and Zoning Board on Feb. 20 that staff will pursue a comprehensive update of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to improve usability, resolve inconsistencies, and ensure compliance with state law.
The presentation identified four principal goals: improve the user experience of the online ordinance, correct internal inconsistencies and broken links, align ordinance language with North Carolina statute 160D, and raise standards for development quality — including building design, tree preservation and sustainability. "We want this to be intuitive," the Presenter said. "You should be able to pull up our parking requirements very quickly, find out our…
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