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A-~+~,.~~.+ 5 2~ ~'' ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: November 4, 2009 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Zonin Ordinance Text Amendment Relatin to Outdoor Li htin DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Ordinance Amendment Michael D. Harvey, Planner 2. Copy of legal advertisement Craig Benedict, Director 3. Typical outdoor lighting fixture data sheet 245-2607 245-2592 PURPOSE: To continue review of, and make a recommendation to the BOCC on, a staff initiated Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to Section 6.31 Outdoor Lighting Standards of the Zoning Ordinance (hereafter `the Ordinance'). BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the October 7, 2009 regular board meeting where members posed several questions relating to the proposed amendments and asked for practical examples of existing lighting levels within the County. In an effort to address the majority of the Board's comments, staff would like to offer the following: QUESTIONS: Why are we doing this? As staff indicated during the public hearing, concern has been expressed over the lack of specificity within the Ordinance, specifically: • The lack of clarity on how lighting plans are submitted and reviewed by staff, • The `one size fits all' mentality of the existing regulations that treats projects within urbanizing and rural portions of the County the same, and • A lack of specificity on the types of lighting fixtures that ought to be allowed for use by outdoor sport fields and/or performance areas. It needs to be remembered that the proposed amendments are an initial attempt to address these issues. Staff acknowledges that additional. work to the lighting provisions will be necessary and has been authorized to complete a more detailed revision as part of the Unified Development Ordinance process.