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GRANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD of Co~IIISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITE -M ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Rafe: Flay ~, X009 <br />' Actlen Agenda <br />Iten1 No. C-~ <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Relating to Deve[oprnent Limits within <br />Nodes <br />pEPARTNfENT: Punning and inspections PUBLIC HEARING: ~Y1N~ Yes <br />ATTA-CHIViENT(~): <br />~. Ordinance Amendment Resolution <br />~. Maps of Nodes <br />3. Chapter 5.3 of Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan..-~ information About <br />Nodes <br />4. February 4, X009 Planning Board Abstract <br />on Node Options <br />5. February ~, X009 Planning Board 1Vlinutes <br />lNI=oRN1ATION CONTACT: <br />Name <br />Craig Benedict, DirectAr <br />lvlichael D. Harvey, Planner <br />Phone Number <br />24v~~592 <br />~45~2~~? <br />PURPOSE~~ To hold a public hearing on a staff generated Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment <br />seeking to modify existing development limitations on nonresidential development within <br />Nodes. <br />BACKGROUND: At the November ~4, ZOOB quarterly Public Hearing, the Board processed a <br />petition seeking to rezone ~ .04 acres of a 4.? acre parcel within the ~fllhite Cross Rural Community <br />Activity Node. <br />As staff stated during the hearing, the Orange County Zoning Ordinance thereafter `the <br />Ordinance'} limns the total amount of non~residentially zoned property permitted within a Node <br />based on population density. Unless population density within a Node is comparable to existing <br />Transition Areas, the Ordinance reduces the amount of permitted nan~residentially zoned <br />property. In the case of the vUhite Cross Rural Community Activity Node, the total cumulative <br />amount of non_residentially zoned property permitted within the area is limited to ten ~~ 0} acres, <br />Staff stated that the Node had nine point four X9.4} acres of commercially zoned property. As a <br />result, staff recommended denial of the rezoning petition. <br />during the hearing, several comments were rude over the need to reevaluate existing development <br />limitations within the Nodes and determine if existing limitations on non-residentially zoned property <br />were appropriate. <br />