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VU <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />9 <br />10 <br />~t <br />12 <br />t3 <br />t4 <br />t5 <br />t6 <br />t7 <br />t8 <br />19 <br />2~ <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />2~ <br />29 <br />30 <br />3~ <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />3~ <br />39 <br />40 <br />4t <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br /> <br />1~ <br />The Conditional Use District calls fora "concurrent" legislative and Quasi <br />Judicial approval which could limit public input to one meeting. <br />Tl~e Cor~ditior~aC Zon~iit~~" District I~PD~CZ ch ar~ges the appravaC process to <br />rnere~y a Legislative process, eliminating the Quasi~Judicial especial Use <br />Permit} process. <br />Although the Mate has allowed Conditional Districts to be adopted, there is <br />no mandate to require them. l don't believe the public is aware that <br />introduction of these Districts can produce some very unwanted adjoining <br />land uses which can cause real impact to their property and disruption of <br />their current uses. <br />The notification requirements on a rezoning are woefully inadequate. A Notice <br />for j!~st a 500' radius of adjoining property owners does not come clnse to <br />adequately informing the public; and with the potential UDC projects it gill <br />be even less effective. I urge the, BCCC to double this requirement to <br />~ooo'. <br />Eor the sake of saving a few months in processing time for applicants, the <br />county risks diminishing their role in guiding the County's growth and <br />fulfilling their responsibility to protect the health and welfare of our county. <br />These "floating zones" have the potential to create burdens on our <br />infrastructures and schools because they are indeterminate and can not <br />be planned for. <br />why should the county apply Conditional Districts county-wide? would it not <br />make more sense to tie this new construct to the identified Commercial <br />,. <br />Nodes, Commercial ~. Industrial Nodes, and the ~o ~ ~0 year Transition <br />areas mainly located along the I-4o corridor. The County is already <br />committing financial resources to provide utility services in this area. [f <br />rezonin is not addressed in a mannerwhich strengthens the envisioned <br />g <br />Land Uses, we may end up w[th urban sprawl despite all of the preceding <br />efforts of the citizens and public officials. <br />Planning text books repeatedly identify Rezoning as a process to mare <br />properties "more compatible with significant changes in the area". But <br />these "floating zones'° have the potential to create undesirable islands of <br />uses throughout the county. <br />west's Encyclopedia of American Law states "Zoning :Caws are meant to <br />further the generaC welfare rather than to improve the economic interests <br />of any particular property owner. They are designed to stabilize <br />neighborhoods and preserve the character of the community by guiding its <br />future growth" <br />The failure of the Buckhorn Project should be taken as a warning that there is <br />no guarantee that unlimited commercial, retail and office space can thrive <br />in grange County. eve have sufficient area designated for these uses and <br />should focus special attention to efforts encouraging infill and renovation <br />ar replacement of out of date facilities. <br />