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3 <br />development since 2001. The purpose of ASE is to enable bona fide farmers to <br />engage in uses related to agriculture on their farmland in order to generate additional <br />farm income. The ASE program will potentially allow for development of more <br />agriculturally - related uses in the county by utilizing a new conditional zoning district <br />(ASE -CZ). The proposed amendments will also expand agriculturally - related uses in <br />some of the general use zoning districts. <br />2. Analysis <br />As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br />`cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, <br />prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners'. <br />The Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE) project has been in development since <br />2001 and has been known by other names ( "Rural Enterprises" and "Agricultural <br />Services ") in the past. The project has been on several Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC) agendas through the years and the following meeting <br />materials can be reviewed for additional context: <br />February 23, 2004 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /0402231.pdf <br />March 29, 2004 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /040329.htm (JPA <br />Information Item) <br />February 28, 2005 <br />http://orangecountync.gov/OCCLERKS/050228cl.pd <br />May 23, 2005 <br />http://orangecountync.gov/OCCLERKS/050523dl.pdf <br />May 22, 2006 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /060522d2.pdf <br />May 21, 2007 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /070521d1.pdf <br />June 12, 2007 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /0706124ii.pdf <br />August 27, 2007 <br />http://orangecountync.gov/OCCLERKS/070827dl.pd <br />May 14, 2013 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/occierks /130514.pdf <br />This project is included in the "Future Phase Suggestions" section of the UDO <br />"Implementation Bridge." A multi- department staff group has been working on this <br />program. Departments include DEAPR, Economic Development, Environmental <br />Health, and Planning & Inspections (including Building Code staff). <br />The proposed amendments build heavily upon the work that has been completed <br />since 2001, with some minor deviations to account for changes in statutes related to <br />bona fide farms and to follow the general cadence of the County's UDO (the former <br />program had been written to fit into the former Zoning Ordinance) while maintaining <br />the integrity of the UDO. As an example of a minor deviation, the former program <br />proposed to allow for several of the new use categories to be permitted by right in the <br />R -1 (Rural Residential) zoning district. Because this is inconsistent with the purpose <br />of the R -1 zoning district, which is "to provide locations for rural non -farm residential <br />development..." [underline added], staff is not including these uses as permitted by <br />right in the R -1 district, property owners currently zoned R -1 who wish to engage in <br />these uses can choose to apply for the new ASE -CZ zoning district or even the AR <br />(Agricultural Residential) zoning district (in which these uses are proposed to be <br />permitted by right). <br />2 <br />