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<br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date Apri121, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # ~_ <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT - <br />Floor Area for Existing Non-residential Uses in Residential Districts <br />Article 5.1.2 Schedule for Non-residential Development <br />DEPARTMENT: PL~-NNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br />Extension 2580 <br />Proposed Amendment <br />2/23/98 Public Hearing Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />4/1/98 Draft Planning Boazd Minutes Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br />Durham - 688-7331 <br />Mebane - 227-2031 <br />Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: Consideration of a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to increase the <br />maximum floor azea allowed existing non-residential uses permitted in the AR, RB, <br />R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 zoning districts. <br />BACKGROUND: Institutional uses such as schools, governme~ b~ and places of worship are <br />permitted in all residential zoning districts with site plan approval by the Planning <br />Department. In 1989 the Zoning Ordinance was amended to increase the floor azea <br />allowed for non residential uses in residential districts (RB, AR, R-1, and R-2) from <br />5.8 percent to 8.8 percent, the standazd in the R-3 district. Since that time, the Board <br />of Adjustment has reviewed at least three requests for variances from the standazds in <br />Article 5.1.2 as applied to churches and schools. Several existing institutional uses aze <br />at or approaching the current 8.8 percent limit on floor area, which might preclude <br />any significant future additions to those buildings. <br />The proposed amendment would increase the maximum floor azea allowed for non- <br />residential uses legally existing as of 5/6/98 in the RB, AR, R-1, R-2, R-3, and R-4 <br />residential districts from 8.8 percent (10 percent in Planned Developments, 12.3 <br />percent in R-4) to 14.1 percent. The text of the amendment is attached following <br />additional background information. The proposed standazd is equal to the current <br />limit on floor azea in PD-R-4 district and is consistent with actual floor azea of <br />existing facilities. <br />