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<br />AGENDA ITEM: 5-B <br />PUBLIC HEARING <br />Review of a proposal to amend <br />the Orange County Zoning Ordinance to establish regulations for drive-thru facilities <br />Tuesday October 6, 2009 - BOCC Meeting <br />Options relating to drive-thru facilities: <br />•Option One (1): Prohibit drive-thru facilities within the County's planning jurisdiction, <br />•Option Two (2): Regulate as to the location and operational characteristics, required <br />landscaping, and cumulative number of drive-thru facilities. <br />•Option Three (3): Implement aCounty-wide educational program on the problems of vehicle <br />idling while not taking any action to amend existing development regulations. <br />What is before you: <br />•Minutes of the various related meetings where item was discussed (Quarterly Public Hearing, <br />Planning Board, OUTBoard,etc) <br />•Study presentation materials reviewed by the Planning Board (Attachment 5) <br />•Staff report on the regulation drive-thru facilities as requested by the BOCC (Attachment 6) <br />•Sample site plan and physical examples of how proposed regulatory concept would work as <br />requested by the BOCC (Attachment 8) <br />Attachment Eight (8) -Site Plan: <br />Attachment Eight (8) -Example <br />Attachment Nine (9) -Additional Information <br />•2005 Orange County Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory. Idling of cars represents <br />approximately .06% of total vehicle emissions, <br />•A 2001 report from the EPA entitled `Extended Vehicle Idling'. Document suggests mitigating <br />drive-thru impacts, most of which we are proposing. <br />Planning Board Recommendation: <br />The Planning Board reviewed this item at their April 1, 2009 meeting where the <br />following motion was made: <br />•Recommend the County initiate a comprehensive and countywide awareness education <br />program about idling and the contaminants it puts in our air, and <br />•Recommend the BOCC disregard staff's two (2) options and take no action on adopting <br />regulations banning development of drive-thru facilities within the County's planning jurisdiction <br />(Option 1) or adopting comprehensive development standards for drive-thru facilities (Option <br />2). <br />Administration Recommendation: <br />•Receive the Planning Board recommendation, <br />•Receive the additional requested information, <br />•If necessary, deliberate further on the proposed amendment, <br />