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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: September 9, 2013 Action Agenda Item No. C.3 SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Related to Governmental Uses DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245 -2597 Development Ordinance Outline Form Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245 -2575 (UDO & Zoning 2013 -03) 2. UDO Text Amendment Package 3. July 10, 2013 ORC Meeting Notes 4. Staff Review Comments PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on Planning Director initiated text amendments to require a neighborhood information meeting be held prior to the development of `governmental uses' as detailed within the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). The amendment also involves the renumbering of existing sections and updating of references throughout the document. BACKGROUND: The anticipated development of a volunteer fire department substation off of Neville Road has caused local residents to voice concern over a lack of notification or participation in the process to develop the aforementioned facility. Such uses are a permitted use of property (i.e. staff review and action) falling into the `Governmental Uses' land use category as detailed within Section 5.2 of the UDO. Neither the County nor the applicant is required to notify adjacent property owners of the project as it is considered to be a permitted use (i.e. permitted by right). In both internal discussions, and review with several BOCC members, it has been decided to promote additional public involvement with the development of `governmental uses'. As a result, the proposed text amendment requires a neighborhood information meeting to be held for all land uses falling into the `governmental uses' land use category to allow the general public to be made aware of the project and offer comment. Attachment 1 provides additional background on the proposal. Attachment 2 contains the proposed amendments in a "track changes" format (red text for proposed additions and red StFikethrr„ @1 for proposed deletions). Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) Review: The Planning Board ORC reviewed the proposed amendments at its July 10, 2013 ORC meeting. Please refer to Section C.2 (a) of Attachment 1 and Attachment 3 for a summary of the Board member's comments.