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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 16, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Legal Advertisement for Quarterly Public Hearin -August 24, 2009 <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Legal Advertisement <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, <br />245- 2592 <br />Perdita Holtz, Planning Systems <br />Coordinator 245-2611 <br />PURPOSE: To consider the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the joint Board of <br />County Commissioners/Planning Board Quarterly Public Hearing (QPH) scheduled for August <br />24, 2009. <br />BACKGROUND: The Board of County Commissioners reviews proposals to be considered at <br />public hearing for consistency with general County policy and presentation format. The following <br />items are proposed for consideration at the August 24, 2009 Quarterly Public Hearing: <br />1. Zoning Text Amendment -Outdoor Lighting Standards <br />2. Strategic Growth and Rural Conservation (SGRC) <br />Outdoor Lighting Standards <br />The proposed Zoning Text Amendment for Outdoor Lighting Standards consists of <br />amendment(s) to Article Six (6) Application of Dimensional Requirements Section 6.31 Outdoor <br />Lighting Standards revising existing regulations governing the review, approval, and use of <br />outdoor lighting fixtures for residential and non-residential land uses. <br />The Ordinance contains various provisions relating to the application and use of outdoor lighting <br />fixtures throughout the County. Recently, concern has been expressed over the lack of <br />specificity within the Ordinance. Specifically, residents have expressed concern over how <br />lighting plans are submitted and reviewed by staff, the lack of specificity in treating projects <br />within urbanizing versus rural portions of the County, and a lack of specificity on the types of <br />lighting fixtures that ought to be allowed for use by outdoor sport fields and/or performance <br />areas. <br />Specific retooling tasks of the existing regulations are contained in the legal ad in Attachment 1. <br />