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119 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 24, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.5 <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments <br />for Agricultural Support Enterprises Outside of the Rural Buffer Land Use Classification <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Comprehensive Plan /UDO Amendment <br />Outline Form (UDO /Zoning 2013 -06) <br />2. Proposed UDO and Comprehensive Plan <br />Text Amendments <br />3. Chart of Basic Zoning Program <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: (919) <br />Perdita Holtz, Planning, 245 -2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on Planning Director initiated text amendments to the <br />Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance to implement a program commonly <br />referred to as "Agricultural Support Enterprises" outside of the Rural Buffer land use <br />classification. <br />BACKGROUND: The form in Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis <br />regarding these County initiated amendments that will implement a program that has been in <br />development since 2001. The proposed amendments are contained in Attachment 2. <br />A chart depicting the basic zoning program for Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE) uses is <br />included in Attachment 3. This chart shows which uses are allowed in which zoning districts <br />and directs users to the section of the UDO that contains any specific use standards. From a <br />zoning /land use perspective, the ASE program involves: <br />• creating a new conditional zoning district (ASE -CZ), <br />• adding additional permitted uses to some of the existing general use zoning districts, <br />• creating use - specific standards that ASE uses must meet, <br />• updating some of the development standards in Article 6, <br />• defining what the use is (Article 10 — Definitions), and <br />• amending the Land Use and Zoning Matrix of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan to show <br />which Land Use classifications the new conditional zoning district (ASE -CZ) would <br />potentially be allowed in. <br />Advisory Board Review <br />The "Amendment Outline Form" (Attachment 1) for these amendments was approved by the <br />BOCC at its September 5, 2013 regular meeting. The amendments have been reviewed three <br />times by the Agricultural Preservation Board and twice by the Planning Board's Ordinance <br />