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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 18, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Rezoning and Class A Special Use Permit Modification — Spence Dickinson <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. July 11, 2012 Planning Board Abstract Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, 245- <br /> 2. Excerpt of Approved May 29, 2012 Quarterly 2597 <br /> Public Hearing Minutes Craig Benedict, Director, 245-2575 <br /> 3. Excerpt of Approved July 11, 2012 Planning <br /> Board Regular Meeting Minutes <br /> 4. Response from Applicant Regarding <br /> Conditions <br /> 5. Planning Board Recommended Findings of <br /> Fact <br /> 6. An Ordinance Amending the Orange County <br /> Zoning Atlas <br /> 7. An Ordinance Denying an Amendment to the <br /> Orange County Zoning Atlas <br /> 8. Resolution of Consistency with the 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan <br /> 9. Resolution of Inconsistency with the 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br /> make a decision on a request submitted by Mr. Spence Dickinson to rezone a 4.003 acre parcel <br /> of property to Rural Buffer and modify an existing Class A Special Use Permit (hereafter `SUP') <br /> for the Heartwood at Blackwood Mountain Planned Development by removing the subject <br /> property from its provisions. <br /> BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 29, 2012 Quarterly Public Hearing. A <br /> summary of comments received during the hearing are contained within Attachment 1, the <br /> abstract from the July 11, 2012 Planning Board regular meeting. Staff will be introducing this <br /> document, and all attachments, into the record at the re-convened public hearing for the BOCC <br /> to consider as part of its deliberations. <br /> Planning Board Recommendation: At its July 11, 2012 regular meeting, the Planning Board voted <br /> unanimously to recommend approval of the project finding that: <br /> 1. The application was complete in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.7 and 2.8 <br /> of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), <br /> 2. The property is of sufficient size to be rezoned RB, <br />