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2/11/97 Final Draft Page 3 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE: Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table <br /> Article 6.16.10 Recreational Facilities(Profit/Non-profit) <br /> Article 6.23 Extra Requirements for Watershed Protection Overlay Districts <br /> Article 6.23.1 Land Use Restrictions <br /> Article 8.8 Regulations Governing Individual Special Uses <br /> Article 8.8.7 Golf Courses [new] <br /> Article 22 Definitions- Golf Course <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board <br /> _N BOCC Public <br /> —X Other: Golf CART <br /> Expected Public Hearing Date: February 24, 1997 <br /> Purpose of Amendment: To provide standards for the location, planning, design, construction, <br /> operation, and maintenance of golf courses and associated uses. <br /> Background: During discussion of the Rural Character Strategies and the University Station <br /> Project, citizens and advisory board members expressed concern over the potential impacts of golf <br /> courses, particularly when allowed as a use of open space required with residential development. <br /> Currently, a golf course is a permitted use in most zoning districts; however, there are no specific <br /> standards in the ordinance to address impacts to the environment. <br /> In 1995 the Board of County Commissioners adopted Natural Resource Preservation as one of its <br /> Goals for FY 1995-$6. One of the objectives included in the goal was development of standards <br /> and approval procedures for golf courses. This initiative was continued on May 14, 1996, as the <br /> Commissioners adopted Goals for FY 1996-97. <br /> On August 20, 1996, the Board of Commissioners adopted a charge and appointed members to <br /> the Golf Course Amendment Review Task Force (Golf CART). The Golf CART began <br /> meeting in September 1996 and continued its work through February of 1997. <br /> The work of the Golf CART was an attempt to address the design and environmental issues which <br /> are traditionally of greatest concern when a golf course is proposed. The most noticeable impact <br /> from a project the size of a golf course is usually a large area of disturbance (removal of vegetation <br />