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<br />001 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:August 21, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.6-c <br />SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text –Dimensional and Ratio <br />Standards (UDO/Zoning 2012-11) <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and InspectionsPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1.Comprehensive Plan/Land Use Element Map PerditaHoltz,245-2578 <br />and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Craig Benedict,245-2592 <br />Amendment Outline Form (UDO/Zoning-2012- <br />11) <br />2.Ordinance Approving Amendment <br />3.Excerpt from Draft May 29, 2012 Quarterly <br />Public Hearing Minutes <br />4.Excerpt from Minutes –July 11, 2012Planning <br />Board Meeting <br />Informational: <br />5.Map of Existing Commercial and Commercial- <br />Industrial Transition Activity Nodes <br />6.Appendix F of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan - <br />Land Use and Zoning Matrix <br />PURPOSE: <br />To receive the Planning Board’s recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on Planning Director initiated text amendments to the Unified Development <br />Ordinance (UDO) to amend Dimensional and Ratio Standards in certain zoning districts. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />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 and <br />Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes (see Attachment 5for location of these areas). UDO <br />amendments pertaining primarily to the EDDs were adopted on February 7, 2012. <br />The proposed amendments pertain to the commercial and industrial zoning districts that can be <br />applied in Commercial and Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Nodes, as designated on the <br />Future Land Use Map of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan (see Attachment 6for the “Land Use and <br />Zoning Matrix” contained in the Comprehensive Plan). Attachment 2contains the proposed <br />amendments with changes from existing regulations depicted in red text. No changes to existing <br />regulations are proposed for areas outside of designated Commercial or Commercial- <br />Industrial Transition Activity Nodes. <br /> <br />