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22 , <br /> The second part of the amendment affects existing golf courses. There are two existing golf <br /> courses in Orange County's planning jurisdiction. The Golf CART was very careful in crafting <br /> the new regulations to insure that existing golf course owners could make some changes or <br /> improvements to their facilities without meeting all of the special use permit requirements <br /> applied to new courses. Article 11.6 in the"Non-conformities" section of the Zoning Ordinance <br /> makes an existing use that would require a special use permit conforming at the time new <br /> regulations are adopted with the condition that any enlargement, replacement or modification of <br /> the use requires a special use permit. <br /> The"Applicability" section of the recently adopted Article 8.8.7 Golf Courses states that the new <br /> standards shall be applied to existing courses only"when fifty percent or more of the total <br /> playable acreage of golf holes is concurrently reconstructed or altered, or if an equivalent amount <br /> of playable acreage is added to an existing course."Playable acreage is defined as tees, greens, <br /> fairways, and roughs. <br /> The proposed amendment to Article 8.8.7.1 will a)establish the effective date of the ordinance, <br /> 5/21/97, as the point at which existing playable acreage is measured and b)make the intent clear <br /> that the threshold established by Article 8.8.7.1 takes precedence over the provisions of Article <br /> 11.6 when applying zoning regulations to an existing golf course. <br /> EXISTING AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE TEXT: (Underlined text is proposed.) <br /> Article 8 Special Uses <br /> 8.8 Regulations Governing Individual Special Uses <br /> 8.8.7 Golf Courses <br /> 8.8.7.1 Intent <br /> Amended <br /> 5/21/97 The purpose of this article is to protect natural, visual, and cultural resources by <br /> regulating the location, planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance <br /> of golf courses and associated uses. <br /> Applicability <br /> The standards contained herein shall apply to all new golf courses, whether <br /> proposed as a principal use or as an accessory use which is part of a residential <br /> subdivision,or included in a Planned Development District. <br /> Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 11.6. £erg golf courses which <br /> existed prior to MU 21. 1997. shall comply with the requirements of this article ` <br /> when fifty percent or more of the total playable acreage of golf holes is <br />