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Purpose of Amendment • Amend Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement to allow for the potential of locating appropriate agricultural support enterprises within the Rural Buffer land use classification Proposed Amendment • Add text to two pages of Joint Planning Land Use Plan and to one page of Agreement • Added text is shown in blue in the agenda materials What are Appropriate Agricultural Support Enterprises? • Agricultural support-related uses to be added to County's Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) as permissible in the Rural Buffer zoning district and/or part of a new conditional zoning district that could be applied in the Rural Buffer UDO amendments pertaining to the Rural Buffer can be adopted only if the three governing boards amend the Joint Planning Land Use Plan and Agreement Unified Development Ordinance Amendment • The specifics of the UDO amendment are not the subject of tonight's public hearing but some information will be presented for context • The Joint Planning Agreement has a prescribed process for amendments to County and Town development regulations • Proposed amendments sent to Town planning staffs on January 17 for review/comment, in accordance with the Joint Planning Agreement • Proposed UDO amendments were heard at the County's February 24 quarterly public hearing • Adjourned to September 4, 2014 BOCC meeting for decision • Discussed at the November 21, 2013 Assembly of Governments meeting • Resulted in some changes to the amendments that went forward to public hearing Purpose of Agricultural Support Enterprises Concept • Augment the allowable uses famers can pursue in order to generate additional farm- related income while minimizing any adverse impacts on adjoining property • Intent is to better enable farmers to keep farming which will help preserve the rural heritage of Orange County and lessen pressure to sell farmland for conversion to residential uses • Consistent with the County's adopted Agricultural Development and Farmland Protection Plan • County's Agricultural Preservation Board is supportive of moving forward with the amendments Project Review/Approval Process (if all amendments are enacted) • All projects within the Rural Buffer are sent to JPA partners for review and comment, in accordance with the Joint Planning Agreement • Three basic processes: • Staff review/approval • Only for small scale, less intensive uses • Special Use Permit • Public Hearing • Decided on a case-by-case basis with public input ("evidence") • Rezoning to new conditional district (ASE-CZ)