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css PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE Economic Development Districts Design Manual REFERENCE: Article 2.2 Permitted Uses(Existing Residences) ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Y_Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X_High Middle Low Comment: PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 27, 1997 PURPOSE: To allow existing residences as a permitted use in all Economic Development Districts. IMPACTS AND ISSUES: According to the permitted use table in the Economic Development Districts Design Manual, residential uses are not permitted in the Primary Development Area,except for the Primary Overlay at the I-40/Old 86 EDD. When the Economic Development Districts were first proposed in 1993, the Planning Board/Economic Development Commission Workgroup wanted to encourage commercial and industrial uses without eliminating residential uses. The rationale was to allow existing residences to remain while prohibiting new residential development. Upon adoption of the EDD's, existing residences in the Primary Development Areas became non- conforming,that is,uses that were lawful, but are now prohibited under current zoning regulations. Such non-conforming uses are controlled by Article 11 of the Zoning Ordinance which states, "Uses of land which do not conform to the requirements of this ordinance or amendments to it may not be enlarged or expanded; neither shall the use be intensified, nor altered, except in conformance with this ordinance."Because the Primary Development Areas were established for a wider range of more intensive nonresidential uses, it is appropriate to prohibit new residential development there. However,it is reasonable to allow existing residents of the Primary Development Areas who choose to continue to live there some latitude in terms of compliance with the ordinance.