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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 18, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C -2 <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment Relating to Development Limits within <br />Nodes <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Ordinance Amendment Resolution <br />2. Maps of Nodes <br />3. Chapter 5.3 of Orange County <br />Comprehensive Plan — Information About <br />Nodes <br />4. February 4, 2009 Planning Board Abstract <br />on Node Options <br />5. February 4, 2009 Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Name <br />Craig Benedict, Director <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner <br />P <br />Phone Number <br />245 -2592 <br />245 -2607 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a staff generated Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment <br />seeking to modify existing development limitations on non - residential development within <br />Nodes. <br />BACKGROUND: At the November 24, 2008 Quarterly Public Hearing, the Board processed a <br />petition seeking to rezone 1.04 acres of a 4.7 acre parcel within the White Cross Rural Community <br />Activity Node. <br />As staff stated during the hearing, the Orange County Zoning Ordinance (hereafter `the <br />Ordinance') limits 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 non - residentially zoned <br />property. In the case of the White Cross Rural Community Activity Node, the total cumulative <br />amount of non - residentially zoned property permitted within the area is limited to ten (10) acres. <br />Staff stated that the Node had nine point four (9.4) acres of commercially zoned property. As a <br />result, staff recommended denial of the rezoning petition. <br />During the hearing, several comments were made over the need to re- evaluate existing development <br />limitations within the Nodes and determine if existing limitations on non - residentially zoned property <br />were appropriate. <br />