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l 21 PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE: Article 8.8.7 Golf Courses 8.8.7.1 Intent ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board BOCC Public Other: Golf CART, County Attorney Expected Public Hearing Date: August 25, 1997 Purpose of Amendment: To a) provide consistency in the ordinance regarding expansion and modification of existing golf courses and b) to establish appropriate criteria for evaluating changes to Special Use Permits issued for golf courses. Background: During preparation and review of the recently adopted standards and approval procedures for golf courses,the Golf Course Amendment Review Task Force(Golf CART)and the County Attorney recommended review of other sections of the Zoning Ordinance. The two sections noted are 1)Article 8.7.1 which affects changes to a golf course approved with a special use permit under the new regulations in Article 8.8.7 and 2) Article 11, Non-conformities, as it applies to existing golf courses. Article 8.7 of the Zoning Ordinance contains provisions for changing a Special Use Permit after the original approval. Minor changes may be approved by the Zoning Officer, while modifications defined by the ten criteria in Section 8.7.1 are subject to review at a public hearing before the Board which approved the original application. The Golf CART was concerned that some of the criteria used to distinguish a Special Use Permit modification requiring Board approval from a minor change would not be appropriate when applied to a project with the size and complexity of a golf course. For example,an increase in usable floor area or an increase in the size or number of approved signs constitutes a modification requiring a public hearing. Given that 1) floor area is not an appropriate measure of the intensity of a golf course as a land use, and 2) a golf course typically includes numerous signs that are not visible from a public road, it is reasonable to re-evaluate the current criteria listed in Article 8.7.1 in the context of a golf course so that changes which are small in proportion to the use are considered minor and eligible for administrative review. The proposed amendment is incorporated in the "Applicability" section of the new golf course regulations, rather than include provisions for changes to a specific type of Class A Special Use Permit in Article 8.7, which applies to all special use permits.