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370 <br />Section 5.~ -~ OB~EC`~IIIE <br />~~jective ~Up~.r~t <br />Coordinate the location of higher intensity ~ nigh density residential and <br />nonresidential development with existing or planned locations ofi <br />public transportation, commercial and carnn~unity services, and <br />adequate supporting infrastructure ~i.e., water and sewer, higi~~speed <br />Internet access, s~~eets, and sidewaliCS}, while avoiding areas with <br />protected natural end cultural resources. This could be achieved by <br />increasing allowable densities and creating new mixed~use coning <br />districts where adequate public services are available. ~5ee also <br />Economic Develapn~ent Objectives ED~~.~, ED-~,~, ED~~,1~, and water <br />and wastewater Objective wwR~,~ <br />Of~jective ~~~~~~~ <br />Discourage urban sprawl, encourage a separation of urban and rural <br />land uses, and direct new development into areas where necessary <br />community facilities and services e;~ist through periodic updates to the <br />land Use Plan, See also Economic Development Objective ED~,~.~ <br />O~Ojec~ive ~U~~~~ <br />Create new coning district{s~ which allow for a mixing of cor~rr~erciai <br />and residential uses, a rr~ixing of housing types, and creates a more <br />pedestrian friendly devefoprnent pattern, New districts should k~e <br />applied in areas where public services exist or are planned far in the <br />future, in areas ti~at promote higher intensity and high density uses on <br />the land Use Plan map, <br />objective ~U~~.~; <br />review and amend the Orange County honing and Subdivision <br />Ordinances to identify and eliminate existing regulatory impediments to <br />objectives identified in the comprehensive Phan, such objectives <br />include but are not limited to the devefopr~ent ofenergy efficient <br />buildings within the County, water efi:iciency standards for new <br />development, and devefoprnent o~ affordable housing, See also <br />Housing Objective ~~-~4.4 and solid waste Objective 5w~4i~ <br />~ dew ~atutes and f~u~as <br />N/A <br />o ~~~ <br />C,1 ~li1~E~NIE~NfII,E~~Nf~~~~~AD~,fNES fee ~~~achn~~n~ 3~ <br />a. betting of~ C~ur~erfyPub~ic He~~ing date and rerr~ainingon target <br />flay ~3, ~D~~ <br />b, ~~C update~chec~points <br />illiay ~, ~0~.~. ~ Approval of legal Ad; ~iay ~.7, ~0~~. - BOCK approval to proceed <br />Page ~ ~f <br />