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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 17, 2010 Action Agenda Item No. 1 SUBJECT: First Draft Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): None -Please Bring Your Unified Development Ordinance to the Meeting INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2592 Shannon Berry, Planner II, 245-2589 Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578 Tom Altieri, Planner III, 245-2579 Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245-2597 PURPOSE: To continue review and comments on the first draft Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). BACKGROUND: At the August 23, 2010 work session, the BOCC received a staff presentation on the UDO and began its review and comment on the document. During the course of the evening, the Board provided comments on Articles 1 through 5. Comments were received in roughly three categories: 1. Rephrasing and grammar 2. "White Paper" staff research on a few topics before a decision on whether to incorporate the comment into the UDO 3. Noted for future UDO phases} At the end of the evening, the Board decided a second work session would be necessary to review and comment on the remainder of the document (Articles 6 through 10). September 17, 2010 was the date chosen and approved for the second work session. Since some Commissioners were absent from the August 23 work session, staff may collect any comments they have on Articles 1 through 5 for discussion after review of Articles 6 through 10 is completed. SCOPE: At the August 24, 2009 BOCC meeting, staff was authorized to begin the process of developing the UDO. Specifically, staff was tasked with the following: • Incorporate all land use development regulations (i.e. Zoning Ordinance, Subdivision Ordinance, Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control, and Floodplain Ordinance) into one document,