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Council what they need to help clarify what they require to move forward. He said that there are needs that have to be addressed now. Commissioner Gordon asked about the six-mile service district and Mike Tapp said that this is one of the short-term goals. Chair Carey said that the short-term and long-term goals need to be developed and addressed. He suggested putting this in writing for the Board of County Commissioners with a timeframe for the skeletal plan. Commissioner Gordon said that it is important to get the Fire Marshal and the Fire Chief's Council involved in this process. The goals need to be prioritized. Commissioner Nelson suggested doing a strategic plan first. 2. Planned Development Zoning and Conditional Zoning District Discussion Zoning Enforcement Officer Michael Harvey made this presentation. He said that counties have numerous development tools available to them. He will be talking about conditional use districts and conditional zoning. This discussion came about during the summer as Planning staff began to focus on implementation methodology of trying to address the Ag Service Enterprises construct as well as the rural economic development initiative that was approved as part of the NC 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan. At that time, staff determined that an opportunity existed far the conditional use district zoning process. In late July, staff received a memo from the County Attorney indicating that the existing planned development standards contained in Article 7 constituted a conditional use district process. He explained the two different zoning districts, as shown below: Conditional Zoning Districts (CZD): The CZD process allows for the establishment of certain uses, which, because of their nature or scale have particular impacts on bath the immediate area and the community as a whole. Through this process, a landowner presents asite-specific development plan for the County for review and requests that a specific parcel of property be rezoned to allow for the development of the proposed use. CZD involves the creation of `floating' zoning districts that can be applied in specific areas of the County based on findings, referenced approved planning studies, Small Area Plans, or the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The major difference between the CUD and the CZD process is that the CZD process does not require the issuance of a permit by the governing body, as is normally required under the PD process. The implementation of the CZD process provides an opportunity for the County to consider providing asingle-step legislative rezoning process when an applicant requests a rezoning of a particular parcel to a `floating' conditional use district. Planned DevelopmentlConditional Use Districts (CUD}: As previously indicated, the County currently employs a variation of the CUD permitting process within the Planned Development (PD) process contained within Article Seven {7) of the Zoning Ordinance. Through this process, a property owner requests the development of a specific use, currently listed as a permitted or special use of property within the Table of Permitted Uses of the Zoning Ordinance, on a specific parcel of property. This process requires a two (2) step approval process, specifically: a legislative rezoning approval and a quasi-judicial permit approval.