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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 22, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.1 <br />SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment -Section 2.5.3 Site Plan <br />Specifications <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Land Use and Unified Development Michael D. Harvey, Planner III 245-2597 <br />Ordinance (UDO) Amendment Outline Craig Benedict, Director 245-2575 <br />Form (UDO/Zoning 2011-03) <br />2. Draft UDO Ordinance Amendment <br />3. OUTBoard Recommendation <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing and receive comment on a Planning Director initiated Unified <br />Development Ordinance (hereafter `UDO') text amendment requiring site plans to demonstrate <br />compliance with County adopted access management and connectivity plans. <br />BACKGROUND: Please refer to Attachment One. <br />Procedural Information and Analysis: Please refer to Attachment(s) One, Two, and Three. <br />Notification Procedural Requirements: In accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO, legal ads <br />for the public hearing were placed in two newspapers of general circulation in the County for two <br />successive weeks. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Please see Attachment One. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning Director recommends the Board: <br />1. Receive the UDO text amendment request, <br />2. Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public comment(s) on the petition, <br />3. Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned <br />to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the October 18, 2011 BOCC regular <br />meeting, and <br />4. Adjourn the public hearing until October 18, 2011 in order to receive the Planning <br />Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />