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- Conditional districts <br /> o Replace existing Planning Development Districts <br /> - Signage <br /> o More clearly articulate requirements <br /> o Addition of numerous definitions to more clearly define and illustrate signs <br /> - Landscaping, Buffers, and Tree Protection <br /> o Rewritten and reorganized to be more user-friendly <br /> o Better graphics to illustrate concepts <br /> o Clearer language to articulate requirements <br /> o Ability to receive credit for existing vegetation preserved within buffer areas <br /> o Permits flexibility in timing and placement of plant materials <br /> - Parking and Loading <br /> o More clearly articulate requirements <br /> o Better graphics to illustrate concepts <br /> o Allowances for reduced parking for shared parking areas <br /> o Criteria for flexible parking requirements for renovations and adaptive reuse <br /> projects <br /> - Stream Buffers <br /> o Additions to the uses permitted within designated stream buffers <br /> • Examples: driveways, hiking trails, public water, and sewer lines <br /> o New category of "uses permitted with mitigation" <br /> • Examples: docks, piers, boat ramps, trail crossing with bridges, new <br /> stormwater ponds <br /> o Consistent with State regulations <br /> - Outdoor Lighting <br /> o (not completed in this phase) <br /> Conditional Zoning Districts and Conditional Use <br /> - These districts replace the existing Planned Development (PD) districts <br /> - The difference between these proposed districts and PD is that Conditional Districts <br /> allow the County and the applicant to mutually agree to conditions that address off-site <br /> impacts of development <br /> o PD mutually agreed upon conditions can address only on-site impacts <br /> - The Applicability and Review/Approval process for Conditional Use is the same as the <br /> existing PD districts. <br /> o Much of the language in Section 3.7 (Conditional Districts) and the district charts <br /> comes from the existing Planned Development article. <br /> - The Approval Process for Conditional Zoning Districts (CZD) differs from the existing <br /> process for PD in that a Class A Special Use Permit is not required for CZDs. <br /> o A concurrent Class A Special Use Permit is required for Conditional Use <br /> Conditional Use <br /> - Any use listed on the Table of Permitted Uses <br /> o Except uses specifically excluded from consideration (Section 5.1.4) <br /> o Any variations to linked general zoning district standards much be approved by <br /> the BOCC. <br /> o Any conditions and/or site-specific standards imposed are limited to those that <br /> address: <br /> • The conformance of the development and use of the site to County <br /> ordinances and officially adopted comprehensive or other plan, and <br />