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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 4, 2009 <br />Attachment 4 <br />21 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 11 <br />SUBJECT: Review of options concerning development within Orange County Nodes <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ' PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Name, Phone Number <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner 245 -2607 <br />PURPOSE: To review various options and timelines relating to possible amendments to the <br />Orange County Zoning Ordinance clarifying development limitations within existing Nodes. <br />BACKGROUND: The Land Use Plan Map of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br />delineates the location of various Nodes throughout the County. One such category is the Rural <br />Community Activity Node, defined within Chapter Five (5), Section 5.3 The Future Land Use <br />Plan of the Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan as: <br />Land focused on designated road intersections which serve a nodal <br />crossroads for the surrounding rural community and is an <br />appropriate location for any of the following uses: churches, fire <br />station, small post office, school, or other similar institutional uses <br />and one or more commercial uses. <br />Non - residential zoning classifications allowed within the Rural Community Activity Nodes are <br />limited to: Local Commercial One (LC -1) and Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC -2) as <br />detailed within Appendix E of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />During the review of a recently submitted Zoning Atlas Amendment petition proposing the <br />rezoning of additional property within the White Cross Rural Community Activity Node, staff <br />informed the County Commissioners and advisory board members that Section 4.2.8 and <br />Section 4.2.9 of the Zoning Ordinance establishes an overall limit on the amount of LCA or NC- <br />2 zoned property within the Rural Community Activity Nodes. Staff recommended against the <br />rezoning petition as the White Cross Node was already at the established limit. <br />During the public hearing, comments were made by BOCC members, Planning Board members, <br />and staff indicating that there ought to be a comprehensive re- assessment of the existing Rural <br />Community Activity Nodes. <br />