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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 14, 2010 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~] ' G <br />SUBJECT: Revised Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Review/Approval Schedule <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Proposed Schedule <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2592 <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 245-2578 <br />Tom Altieri, Planner III, 245-2579 <br />Shannon Berry, Planner II, 245-2589 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245-2597 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board's recommended schedule for further review of the <br />Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), decide whether the November 22 public hearing will be <br />continued to February 28, 2011 in order to receive additional oral public comment, and consider <br />approval of a schedule. <br />BACKGROUND: The BOCC and Planning Board held a joint quarterly public hearing on <br />November 22, 2010 to hear public comments on the proposed Unified Development Ordinance. <br />Ten citizens spoke at the public hearing, many of them stating the need to complete this phase <br />of the UDO project in a timely manner. Several e-mailed comments were read into the record <br />by Commissioner Alice Gordon. To date, a total of eleven e-mailed comments have been <br />received, all of which requested additional time to review the UDO. <br />At the conclusion of the November 22 hearing, the BOCC voted to direct the Planning Board to <br />recommend a revised UDO schedule which would allow for more review time. The BOCC <br />further directed the Planning Board to recommend its revised schedule in time for the <br />December 14, 2010 BOCC meeting. The Planning Board considered this matter at length at its <br />December 1, 2010 meeting and passed the following motion: <br />MOTION made by Judith Wegner to: <br />Number 1 that the Planning Board expresses its intent and desire and commitment to <br />work in detail with Conditional District and Conditional Use District by having two <br />meetings in January and to address stream buffer issues in a meeting early in February. <br />Number 2 that the Planning Board recommends that the staff meet with any of the <br />interested other municipalities in the County during the month of January to provide them <br />with information and to solicit their input. <br />Number 3 that the Planning Board commits itself to submit to the Board of County <br />Commissioners substantive recommendations by the middle of February so that the <br />