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~- .. .. ..~.,..... .. ... ~.,...~. -v. .~...... ...... i~~~~A~ ~E~PCS~ PPEI~ Tl~e follQ~ing document r espQnd~ to r~a~ar ~h~e~s Planning staff heard atthe i=ebruary ~~, ~~~.~ . quarterly public (-fearing regarding the Uf~D and ~r itter~ resolutions and ca~nrnents received an and around t~tis date. . ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~. ~~nc~r~a The ~~~ is not sufficiently tied to the ad®pted Carnp'rehensive Pfan~ ~~s~~~se: The ~a~ is directly tied to the adapted ~'an~prehensive arrd other plans, such as the ~air~t Planning Area Agreement The faila~ring sections of the uD~ directly ties together the ~J~~ and adapted plans ~ Section 1.x.7 Confvrmar~ce Frith Ada ted Plans page 1~3~ requires that the ~f~D ar~d proposed arner~drnents ~~rhich ir~cfudes rezorting~ be consistent v~i~h the goals and policies of the . . Comprehensive Plan and~or any specialized st~idy approved bar the hoard of Corn~nissianers. ~, Can~ernp The r'flaating zaning district" is a near construct far grange County and it refers to a district that is not mapped until a rezanir~g application is appravedl The net ~rording for the . conditional districts leaves out impartantte~t, v~hich specificaliyties any rezonir~gta compliance Frith the underlying ~on~prehensive Plan. v~hat is missing, fer exan~pfe, is language utilized far the arigi~al Planned f~eveiapment ~f~f?~ distri~ that e~plici~f~ refers ~a pratec~ing the character afthe surrounding neighborhoods and seeking opportunities far neighbarhaod scale mixed use. , ~esponsea floating zaning districts are not a nevi concept far grange County as the Planned f)evelapment districts are floating zaning districts; they~ust are not referenced as such ~ir~ the e.xistir~g Zoning ~rdinance~ The term "floating zaning districts" is a `f planner-ese"term that appears once in the l~f)a ion page 3.~3 in 5ectiah 3.?.~ ~A~~~}~. if the term causes alarm, the term carp ~e removed at~d removal ofthe terra gill have no effect ~n the U~~, conditional zoning districts, or ha~u the districts function.. Car~ditianal districts and any. rezoning tv a conditional district fails under the provisions of s~ctiori x..2,7 discussed in the response #~.. Additivr~ally, the fallavring sections also-tie conditional districts to the adopted comprehensive Plan ~ ~ectio~ ~.~.~ I: ~ ~f~evie~ and Evaluation of Conditional use Distr'rct~.~page Z~4~}lists points to be cQr~sidered when evaluating an application. Dne ~p©int is consideratiar-t of tie palicfes and ahje~tives of the Comprehensive Plan. ~ Section 3.7' Conditional ~istrict~ pages 3~C~ through 3-55} requires cansistenc~ pith db~ectives _ of the ~amprehensr`ve Plan and includes references to the Comprehensive Plan ~3.7,1~A~r ' r The fEPurpose,~ and "Applicability" sect€ans for the IvIP~ ,C~ {page 3-~~}, ~iHf'-C~ {page ~~~7), and CU . ~. ~ ~ page 3~1.~.}districts contain same of the language from the existing Planned i~evelapc~entte~tr 1 ` a~~. ~ ~. ~ev~sed ~3. ~