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<br />OR~NCE COUNTY PLA~IIIVING 1111SPECTI01-!FS ~EPARTI~IIENT <br />Craig iW. Benedict, AIGP, Diirector <br />8~`ags ` ~o18r . <br />AdmEnistration ~ 306#= Re~er+e Road <br />~919~ 245 2575 ,~ ~ ~ s~ A O Box 8181 <br />(999 54~-3002 4FAxy ~ H[Ilshorougli, fv1C 2727'8 <br />WWy~.CO.orat7g@.rIC.LtS r°rrb p;ata~'°e <br />~EI4~OI~LIV[?U~ <br />70: Willie Best, Assistant County Manager <br />FRCNI: Craig N. Beneei[ct, Planning & Inspections pirec:tor <br />DATE: February 3, 2l7(?9 <br />SUBJECT: [=ebruary 3, 2009 BQCC Agenda Item 4~ - D~ayof Conditional Usa <br />Public Hearing I#em <br />COPIES: Laura Blacicrnon, County 11+ian2~ger <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />Geoffrey Gledh[II, County Attorney <br />___ _ _ _ Bran Ferrel[, Assistant County Attorney <br />The attorneys have suggested decaying the creatiorx of new zoning mechanisms entitled <br />Conditianai~ Use District and Conditional Zoning until the reorganization of present land <br />development ordinances into a `Unified Development Ordinance' (Ui3t3). TF~iS IJDO <br />fiorrnat which would collapse subdivision, zaningr floodplainf stormwater, economic <br />development manuals, etc. into a single source sand develo~nent cede booklet is not a <br />new idea and is a reasonable direction. <br />However, haw ~ accomplish tfiis goal was explained briefly at the goat priority setting <br />session last TF~ursday, January 29. There are a variety of optEans xhat include varying <br />degrees of time, money, consultants, staff time and ma,~ar vs. minor rewriting. Over <br />tl7e next month, Planning StafF wilt elaborate vr~ tl~e various options with the direction <br />of #tie Manager's Office for i'kscal constraints and prioritization. <br />Underskanding the i'<scal situation at this time, staff will probably be tending towards <br />creating a new Lii~ framework (ar~ganizairion, s~uenting and format numbering <br />scheme, etc.) in house and find~g an external entity to repackage the freestanding <br />ordinances into this new framework. Keep in mind, this repackaging does not correct <br />defiaeneies in present ordinances, nor create new zoning mechanisms as was <br />suggested with conditional zoning and use. At a rrtinirt~um, ttre r~epackaging~~woulcf <br />collapse a series of redundant and sometimes conflicting definitions into one section <br />and create ari orgdrtized outline in which to make future and specialized amendments. <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />