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Attachment C Agricultural Support Enterprises Zoning Methods The following zoning methods are currently available to facilitate agricultural uses in Orange County if the proposed use is not considered part of a bona fide farm: 1. General Use Rezoning to AS (Agricultural Service) — see pages 3 -32 and 3 -33 of the UDO for general standards 2. Conditional Use (see pages 3 -70 and 3 -71 of the UDO, also 3 -62 and 3 -63) The following zoning methods are not currently available but are potential methods to use 3. A new conditional zoning district (this is different from "Conditional Use "). This could be a district such as ASE -CZ (Agricultural Support Enterprises — Conditional Zoning). 4. Overlay District. A new overlay district for Agricultural Support Enterprises could be applied to those portions of the county where agricultural uses are encouraged. The attached chart analyzes various aspects of each of these methods. Notes Regarding Public Hearings and Review Process Staff research shows that in 2006 (5/22/06 BOCC meeting materials), the team working on this issue was suggesting a new conditional district and was also proposing that any applications for this new district could be heard at public hearing at any BOCC meeting, not just quarterly public hearings. The purpose of this would be to speed up the approval process. It should be noted that implementing this procedural change would require a re -write of Section 2.9.2 of the UDO which are the procedures related to conditional zoning districts. Additionally, the public hearing process (Section 2.8) would likely have to be modified as it could be problematic to follow Orange County's established public hearing process of having the Planning Board attend public hearings prior to making a recommendation. The current quarterly public hearing process is a joint public hearing by the Planning Board and BOCC. Planning Board members may not be available to attend additional meetings and if there is not a quorum, the public hearing cannot be held. Staff research also indicates that previous work on this issue was suggesting that, in addition to the Planning Board, the Agricultural Preservation Board and the Economic Development Commission also make recommendations on applications pertaining to Agricultural Support Enterprises. If it is determined that it is desirable to add two additional advisory boards to the process, the new process would have to be included in the UDO and decisions would have to be made on how to include these additional boards in the public hearing process. 22