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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 5, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: UDO Text Amendment(s) — Rural Economic Development Area Conditional <br />Zoning District <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />Amendment Outline Form (UDO /Zoning- <br />2012-06) <br />2. Ordinance Amendments <br />3. Comparison Chart of Various Approval <br />Processes - Requested at the November <br />1, 2011 BOCC Meeting <br />4. February 27, 2012 Approved Quarterly <br />Public Hearing Minutes <br />5. Site Assessments for the Speedway <br />6. Site Assessment of the Go -Kart Facility <br />7. Noise Wall Examples <br />8. April 4, 2012 Approved Planning Board <br />Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Glenn Bowles, Planner 11,245 -2577 <br />Michael Harvey, Planner III, 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 2575 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development Ordinance (hereafter <br />'UDO') text amendment relating to the creation of the Rural Economic Development Area <br />Conditional Zoning District (REDA- CZ -1). <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the February 27, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />Minutes from the hearing are contained within Attachment 4. <br />Proposed amendments include: <br />1. Creation of a new Conditional Zoning District, REDA -CZ -1, applicable only to those <br />properties identified within the adopted NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan, <br />2. Establishing a list of permitted uses within the aforementioned district, and <br />3. Establishing development criteria for certain uses. <br />Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis regarding this amendment. <br />Planning Board Discussion: The Planning Board reviewed this item at its April 4, 2012 regular <br />meeting. A synopsis of the discussion is as follows: <br />