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273 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 21, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.5 <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text (UDO /Zoning 2011 -06) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Ito • • • <br />1. Comprehensive Plan /Land Use Element Perdita Holtz,245 -2578 <br />Map and Unified Development Ordinance Craig Benedict,245 -2592 <br />(UDO) Amendment Outline Form <br />(UDO/Zoning-2011-06) <br />2. Amendment Packet <br />Educational Materials: <br />3. Comparative Examples of Noise Levels <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on Planning Director initiated text amendments to the <br />Unified Development Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: Staff was tasked with proposing amendments to the UDO that will result in <br />regulations that more strongly encourage quality, non- residential development in the Economic <br />Development Districts (EDDs) and other areas designated for growth, such as Commercial - Industrial <br />Transition Activity Nodes, while balancing any adverse impacts to adjacent properties and the <br />environment. In completing this task, staff must ensure that the amendments work within the overall <br />framework of the UDO and how Orange County regulates development. Staff was directed to not <br />propose changes to the Table of Permitted Uses (Section 5.2) at this time. However, changes to <br />Section 5.2 are expected to come forward in 2012 and will likely entail additional text changes to <br />ensure a cohesive UDO. <br />In completing this work and the work on the Comprehensive Plan text amendments (separate item), <br />staff determined that some amendments would be necessary that are not solely EDD- related. <br />Therefore, amendments to other sections of the UDO are also proposed but all are being proposed <br />in order to provide clarity and conciseness to regulations that relate primarily to non - residential <br />development. <br />Each change has been color -coded as either "housekeeping," minor, or substantive (see further <br />explanation in Attachment 2). Section 2 of Attachment 1 contains an analysis of the proposed <br />changes. Additionally, each change has been footnoted to provide a brief explanation of the <br />rationale or reason behind the change. <br />Future amendments to the UDO may be desired to further encourage non - residential development in <br />designated growth areas, but this amendment packet provides a substantial first step, especially for <br />the EDDs. <br />