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Council what they need to help clarify what they require to move forward. He said that there are <br />needs that have to be addressed now. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked about the six-mile service district and Mike Tapp said that <br />this is one of the short-term goals. <br />Chair Carey said that the short-term and long-term goals need to be developed and <br />addressed. He suggested putting this in writing for the Board of County Commissioners with a <br />timeframe for the skeletal plan. <br />Commissioner Gordon said that it is important to get the Fire Marshal and the Fire <br />Chief's Council involved in this process. The goals need to be prioritized. <br />Commissioner Nelson suggested doing a strategic plan first. <br />2. Planned Development Zoning and Conditional Zoning District Discussion <br />Zoning Enforcement Officer Michael Harvey made this presentation. He said that <br />counties have numerous development tools available to them. He will be talking about <br />conditional use districts and conditional zoning. This discussion came about during the summer <br />as Planning staff began to focus on implementation methodology of trying to address the Ag <br />Service Enterprises construct as well as the rural economic development initiative that was <br />approved as part of the NC 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan. At that time, staff determined <br />that an opportunity existed far the conditional use district zoning process. In late July, staff <br />received a memo from the County Attorney indicating that the existing planned development <br />standards contained in Article 7 constituted a conditional use district process. <br />He explained the two different zoning districts, as shown below: <br />Conditional Zoning Districts (CZD): <br />The CZD process allows for the establishment of certain uses, which, because of their nature or <br />scale have particular impacts on bath the immediate area and the community as a whole. <br />Through this process, a landowner presents asite-specific development plan for the County for <br />review and requests that a specific parcel of property be rezoned to allow for the development <br />of the proposed use. CZD involves the creation of `floating' zoning districts that can be applied <br />in specific areas of the County based on findings, referenced approved planning studies, Small <br />Area Plans, or the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />The major difference between the CUD and the CZD process is that the CZD process does not <br />require the issuance of a permit by the governing body, as is normally required under the PD <br />process. The implementation of the CZD process provides an opportunity for the County to <br />consider providing asingle-step legislative rezoning process when an applicant requests a <br />rezoning of a particular parcel to a `floating' conditional use district. <br />Planned DevelopmentlConditional Use Districts (CUD}: <br />As previously indicated, the County currently employs a variation of the CUD permitting process <br />within the Planned Development (PD) process contained within Article Seven {7) of the Zoning <br />Ordinance. Through this process, a property owner requests the development of a specific use, <br />currently listed as a permitted or special use of property within the Table of Permitted Uses of <br />the Zoning Ordinance, on a specific parcel of property. This process requires a two (2) step <br />approval process, specifically: a legislative rezoning approval and a quasi-judicial permit <br />approval. <br />