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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 20, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -a <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendments <br />for Agricultural Support Enterprises Outside of the Rural Buffer Land Use <br />Classification - Public Hearing Closure and Action (No Additional Comments <br />Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Comprehensive Plan / Future Land Use <br />Map and Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO) Amendment Outline Form <br />(UDO /Zoning 2013 -06) <br />2. Ordinance Approving Amendment <br />3. Chart of Basic Zoning Program <br />4. Excerpt of Minutes — February 24, 2014 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing <br />5. Excerpt of Minutes — April 2, 2014 <br />Planning Board Meeting <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Perdita Holtz, Planner III, 919 - 245 -2578 <br />Craig Benedict, Planning Director, 919- 245- <br />2592 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board's recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on Planning Director initiated text amendments to the Comprehensive Plan and <br />Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to implement a program commonly referred to as <br />"Agricultural Support Enterprises" outside of the Rural Buffer land use classification. <br />As a reminder, the reconvening of this hearing is solely to receive the Planning Board <br />recommendation and any additional written evidence submitted since the February 24, 2014 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing. This hearing is not intended to solicit additional input. While the <br />BOCC may ask staff questions related to the review of a given item, comments from the public <br />shall not be solicited. <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 />