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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 17, 2012 Action Agenda Item No. (o'-F SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance (UDO/Zoning 2012-01) DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Comprehensive Plan/Future Land Use Map Shannon Berry, 245-2589 and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Craig Benedict, 245-2592 Amendment Outline Form (CP 2012-01) 2. Unified Development Ordinance Amendments—Ordinance of Approval 3. Draft Minutes— February 27, 2012 QPH 4. Draft Minutes— March 7, 2012 Planning Board Meeting PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and make a decision on Planning Director initiated amendments to certain sections of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance. BACKGROUND: The Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)was adopted by the BOCC on April 5, 2011. Development of the UDO included limited modifications to existing development regulations but did not include changes to the Table of Permitted Uses. A thorough assessment of the Table of Permitted Uses has been considered, however, it is not being proposed at this time. The amendments proposed include only modifications to the uses permitted in the existing EDBA zoning district and an abbreviated list of uses specifically excluded for consideration as a Conditional Use District when proposed for those land uses in the County targeted for non-residential or higher intensity residential development. The proposed amendments are intended to broaden the development options in the Buckhorn Economic Development District and other targeted areas of the County designated as Economic Development Transition Activity Node and Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node on the County's Future Land Use Map. The proposed amendments include modifications to the permitted uses in the EDBA zoning district, applicable within the Buckhorn Economic Development District. At this time, the EDBA zoning district has not been applied to the Official Zoning Atlas. The proposed changes consist primarily of adding retail and service uses to those uses permitted by right within that district, should property be rezoned to EDB-1. Proposed modifications also include a reduction in the number of uses excluded from the Conditional Use process within the Economic Development Transition Activity Node and Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node land use classifications. Section 5.1.4 currently lists a number of uses which are specifically excluded from the Conditional Use option, County- wide. The proposed changes will allow a few of those previously excluded uses to be proposed as a Conditional Use within the Economic Development Transition Activity Node and