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122 <br />farming, thereby preserving an important part of Orange County's heritage. Use - <br />specific and general development standards are also proposed in order to minimize <br />any adverse impacts on adjoining and nearby properties. The ASE program will <br />potentially allow for development of more agriculturally - related uses in the county by <br />utilizing a new conditional zoning district (ASE -CZ). The proposed amendments will <br />also expand agriculturally - related uses in some of the general use zoning districts. <br />2. Analysis <br />A separate text amendment is being proposed that would make the ASE program <br />applicable within the Rural Buffer land use classification. Readers are encouraged to <br />view the materials for the separate amendment if they are interested in the <br />applicability of the program to the Rural Buffer. <br />As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br />`cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, <br />prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners'. <br />The Agricultural Support Enterprises (ASE) project has been in development since <br />2001 and has been known by other names ( "Rural Enterprises" and "Agricultural <br />Services ") in the past. The project has been on several Board of County <br />Commissioners (BOCC) agendas through the years and the following meeting <br />materials can be reviewed for additional context: <br />February 23, 2004 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /0402231.pdf <br />March 29, 2004 <br />http: <br />/ /orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /040329.htm (JPA <br />Information Item) <br />February 28, 2005 <br />http: <br />// orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /050228cl.pdf <br />May 23, 2005 <br />http:/ <br />/orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /050523dl.pdf <br />May 22, 2006 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /060522d2.pdf <br />May 21, 2007 <br />http:/ <br />/orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /07052ldl.pdf <br />June 12, 2007 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/OCCLERKS /0706124ii.pdf <br />August 27, 2007 <br />http://orangecountync.gov/OCCLERKS/070827dl.pd <br />May 14, 2013 <br />http:// <br />orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/occlerks /130514.pdf <br />September 9, 2013 <br />http:/ <br />/orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/occlerks /130909.pdf <br />November 21, 2013 <br />h_ttp: <br />// orangecountync <br />.gov <br />/occlerks /131121.pdf (Assembly of <br />Governments meeting) <br />This project is included in the "Future Phase Suggestions" section of the UDO <br />"Implementation Bridge." A multi - department staff group has been working on this <br />program. Departments include DEAPR, Economic Development, Environmental <br />Health, and Planning & Inspections (including Building Code staff). <br />Completion of the ASE zoning program is also included in the County's adopted <br />(2009) Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection Plan available at: <br />http: / /www.orangecountync.gov /ercd/ documents / farmland %20protection /Orange %20 <br />County %20ADFPP %20Adopted %2011- 17 -09. pdf <br />