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i <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 7, 2012 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 — e <br /> SUBJECT: Amendments to Unified Development Ordinance Text (UDO/Zoning 2011-06) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Comprehensive Plan/Land Use Element Perdita Holtz, 245-2578 <br /> Map and Unified Development Ordinance Craig Benedict, 245-2592 <br /> (UDO) Amendment Outline Form <br /> (UDO/Zoning-2011-06) <br /> 2. Approval Ordinance <br /> 3. November 21, 2011 Draft Quarterly <br /> Public Hearing Minutes <br /> 4. December 7, 2011 Planning Board <br /> Minutes <br /> Educational/Requested Materials: <br /> 5. Comparative Examples of Noise Levels <br /> 6. Excerpt from Buckhorn Village's Class A <br /> Special Use Permit <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br /> make a decision on Planning Director initiated amendments to the Unified Development <br /> Ordinance (UDO). <br /> BACKGROUND: 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-Industrial <br /> Transition Activity Nodes, while balancing any adverse impacts to adjacent properties and the <br /> environment. In completing this task, staff must ensure that the amendments work within the overall <br /> framework of the UDO and how Orange County regulates development. Staff was directed to not <br /> propose changes to the Table of Permitted Uses (Section 5.2) at this time. However, changes to <br /> Section 5.2 are expected to come forward in 2012 and will likely entail additional text changes to <br /> ensure a cohesive UDO. <br /> In completing this work and the work on the Comprehensive Plan text amendments (separate item), <br /> staff determined that some amendments would be necessary that are not solely EDD-related. <br /> Therefore, amendments to other sections of the UDO are also proposed but all are being proposed <br /> in order to provide clarity and conciseness to regulations that relate primarily to non-residential <br /> development. <br />