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5 <br /> and Add ARTICLE 22 (DEFINITIONS - TEMPORARY EVENTS) to create a new <br /> Special Use category called "Temporary Events". which would allow temporary <br /> commercial uses such as the commercial sponsoring of social events, craft fairs, festivals, <br /> and concerts. Events would be limited in duration to no more than 7 days within a 30- <br /> day period, and no more than 50 days per year. Such activities would require approval <br /> of a Special Use permit by the Board of Adjustment, and would be subject to specific <br /> conditions of approval. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> 1. SUBDIVISION APPLICATION AND APPROVAL PROCEDURES AND <br /> CLUSTER SUBDIVISION PROVISIONS IN THE RURAL BUFFER <br /> Revise SECTION III-D (APPROVAL PROCEDURES FOR MAJOR SUBDIVISIONS), <br /> Revise SECTION V-A (SPECIFICATIONS FOR PLAT DRAWINGS), and Add <br /> SECTION IV-13-9 (CLUSTER DEVELOPMENTS), to provide Concept Plan application <br /> requirements and approval procedures, and to allow cluster subdivisions in the Rural <br /> Buffer Zoning District. When the Board of Commissioners approved flexible <br /> development regulations on May 1, 1996, the previous ordinance provisions for cluster <br /> developments were eliminated. However, the flexible development regulations do not <br /> apply in the Rural Buffer. The proposed amendment would re-adopt the previous <br /> subdivision application and approval procedures, and cluster provisions, to be applicable <br /> in the Rural Buffer zoning district. <br /> 2. SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENTS <br /> Add SECTION III-E (IMPROVEMENTS), Revise SECTION III-C-2e (APPLICATION <br /> REQUIREMENTS - MINOR SUBDIVISIONS), Revise SECTION III-D-2a <br /> (APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - PRELIMINARY PLANS) Revise Section III-D- <br /> 3a (APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS - FINAL PLAT), and Delete SECTION V-D-8 <br /> (IMPROVEMENTS) to: move provisions related to subdivision improvements from <br /> Section V (Plat Specifications) to Section III (Application and Approval Procedures), <br /> revise text to provide greater clarity, and to specify requirements for the content of <br /> construction estimates used to determine the amount of financial security for <br /> improvements constructed Final Plat approval. <br /> 3. LOT LAYOUT <br /> Revise SECTION IV-B-5-e (LOT LAYOUT) to substitute the word "divided" for the <br /> word"separated"in describing non-contiguous lot area. <br /> CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT <br /> 1. PD-1-96 CAROLINA FRIENDS SCHOOL(Modification) <br /> Carolina Friends School is an existing private school located in the Rural Buffer Zoning <br /> District on the north side of Mt. Sinai Road west of Friends School Road, with access <br />