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220 <br />- 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 />• Rewritten and reorganized to be more user - friendly <br />• Better graphics to illustrate concepts <br />• Clearer language to articulate requirements <br />• Ability to receive credit for existing vegetation preserved within buffer areas <br />• Permits flexibility in timing and placement of plant materials <br />- Parking and Loading <br />• More clearly articulate. requirements <br />• Better graphics to illustrate concepts <br />• Allowances for reduced parking for shared parking areas <br />• 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 />• Except uses specifically excluded from consideration (Section 5.1.4) <br />• Any variations to linked general zoning district standards much be approved by <br />the BOCC. <br />• 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 />