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4 <br /> 1 - Allow for increase in square footage allowances for residential dwelling units and <br /> 2 accessory structures <br /> 3 - Removal of the daily trip maximum and delivery cap <br /> 4 - Modification in the permitted weight of vehicles used in conjunction with the home <br /> 5 occupation <br /> 6 <br /> 7 Existing Standards <br /> 8 Concern: Current standards do not address the permitting of special events including the <br /> 9 Orange County Open Studio Tour <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Proposed Standards <br /> 12 - Allow for the review and permitting of events through Section 5.4.3, Special Events <br /> 13 - Allow for the exemption of nonprofit or government organized events from the special <br /> 14 event and Class B Special Use Permit review process <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Existing Standards <br /> 17 Concern: Standards may be restricting the art community and operation of individual art studios <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Proposed Standards <br /> 20 Provide the capacity to support and accommodate individual art studios <br /> 21 - Development of a larger (major) home occupation category <br /> 22 - Increase in square footage allowances, number of onsite employees, daily trip counts, <br /> 23 visitors, and deliveries, <br /> 24 - Address the permitting of special events <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Public Notification <br /> 27 Completed in accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO <br /> 28 - Newspaper legal ads for 2 successive weeks <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Joint Planning Area Partners <br /> 31 Proposed amendments provided on November 7, 2013 <br /> 32 - No comments have been received. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Recommendation <br /> 35 To receive the proposal to amend the Unified Development Ordinance. <br /> 36 Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public, BOCC, and Planning Board comment on <br /> 37 the proposed amendment. <br /> 38 Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be <br /> 39 returned to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the January 23, 2014 BOCC <br /> 40 regular meeting. <br /> 41 Adjourn the public hearing until January 23, 2014 in order to receive and accept the <br /> 42 Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Ashley Moncado said the two different categories are defined as follows: <br /> 45 Minor- Smaller scale home-based business operations in the residential neighborhood <br /> 46 setting on smaller lots <br /> 47 Major- Larger home-based business operations in the rural/residential setting on larger tracts <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Ashley Moncado said the minor home occupations will allow a square footage increase <br /> 50 from 500 to 750 square feet, and accessory structures will be allowed an increase from 1000 <br /> 51 square feet to 1500 square feet. <br />