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~7 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARINGAGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 24. 2003 <br />D DQ ~ - moo ~ _ ~ ,~ ,~" <br />Action Agenda <br />Item. No. C.3.a <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance to Make Schools: <br />Elementary, Middle, and Secondary a Special Use iri Appropriate Zoning Districts <br />and Add Standards of Evaluation <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />• Proposed Ordinance Amending Permitted Use.Table Craig N. Benedict, Ext. 2592 <br />• .Ordinance Proposing Text Amendments to Zoning <br />Ordinance Referencing Special Use Standards <br />(to be delivered under separate cover) <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-2700 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane (336)227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposed amendment to the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance to make Schools: Elementary,- Middle, and Secondary a Class A Special Use in <br />_ appropriate zoning districts and to apply special use permit standards that meet the general <br />standards, zoning district requirements and similar standards as detailed in Section 8.8.29 ("Growth <br />Management Subdivision Standards") of the Zoning Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: Schools: Elementary, .Middle, and Secondary ("schools") are currently a <br />permitted use in the following zoning districts: RB, AR, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R8, R13 and OI. <br />Recent amendments to the EDD Design Manual permitted use table added "schools" as a Class A <br />:Special Use in the Buckhorn EDD. Special use standards specific to "schools" were also prepared <br />and are pending adoption by the BOCC. <br />In addition, the recently adopted November 5, 2003 "Growth Management Subdivision Standards" <br />are under consideration. to be used as appropriate, to evaluate school applications. Many aspects <br />of subdivision review also can be .readily applied to non-residential development. EDD design <br />standards also parallel these new standards so these text amendments will promote consistent. <br />standards whether in a subdivision or other non-residential use. <br />Staff work on the Buckhorn EDD amendment prompted an assessment of "schools" in other zoning <br />districts. It was determined that they pose certain. impacts, most notably traffic, and addressing <br />them as a special use in all applicable districts would make it possible to more effectively mitigate <br />G:'Gnr~prA;rensive r~ianni~g DivtGENEl2f}~3 Public Hearin~slN~v 24tSchnals Glass A SUa'1Schcols Glass A SIJF' Atss+,act.doc <br />