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33 Michael Harve From: Michael Harvey Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 8:59 AM To: Chief Bob Louis; Chief Brad Allison; Chief Caldwell Fire; Chief Carolyn Hutchison; Chief Cedar Grove Fire; Chief Chris Blue; Chief Dan Jones; Chief Duane Hampton; Chief Efland Fire; Chief Eno Fire; Chief Jeff Borland; Chief Jeff McCracken; Chief John Strowd; Chief Josh Asbil; Chief New Hope Fire; Chief Orange Grove Fire; Chief Orange Rural Fire; Chief Phillip Nasseri; Chief Steve McCauley; Chief Travis Crabtree; Chief White Cross Fire; Lindy Pendergrass Cc: Craig Benedict; James Groves; Jason Shepherd; David Sykes; Elizabeth Gregory Subject: Notification of amendment to Orange County Unified Development Ordinance regarding development of Government Uses Attachments: Attachment 2 - UDO Text Amendment.pdf The Orange County Planning Department, at the direction of the County Commissioners, has initiated an ordinance amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance requiring the holding of a neighborhood information meeting prior to the review of a development project proposing a governmental use. This amendment is being proposed to address concerns over an apparent lack of public notification when a land use within the governmental uses land use category (i.e. government facilities and office buildings which will include land fill(s), transfer stations, parks, office building, police /fire stations, volunteer fire station, etc.) is proposed for development. The amendment is being made consistent with a BOCC Chair /Vice Chair request in accordance with a UDO Amendment Outline Form approved at the June 18, 2013 BOCC meeting (attached). All I am including at this time is the proposed language requiring the meeting. You are receiving this e-mail as you are the contact person(s) for public safety agencies /volunteer organizations that may be responsible for the development of 'government uses' in Orange County. As a result we would like to solicit your input on the proposal as its adoption could impact the process you would have to go through in order to develop a 'governmental use' in the County. Please bear in mind that the purpose of the neighborhood information meeting is to inform the general public of the project and solicit their comments /suggestions with respect to the project. This amendment will not alter the approval process for the project, which will still be reviewed administratively by the County planning staff, nor does it impose additional development standards /limitations above and beyond what already exists (i.e. setbacks from property lines, land use buffers, impervious surface limits, etc.). There will not be a public hearing or Board approval of the project required as part of any revised review process. It should be noted this amendment may not have any impact on you whatsoever. It will only impact those agencies looking to development 'government uses' in the County's planning jurisdiction and does not include properties located within local municipalities or their extraterritorial jurisdictional boundaries (ETJ). Please provide any response, in letter or e -mail format, to the County no later than August 23, 2013 for inclusion in the September 9, 2013 Orange County BOCC meeting package. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for your comments and continued service to the residents of Orange County. Michael D. Harvey AICP, CFO, CZO