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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2014 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 5 -a <br />SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Related to Home <br />Occupations — Public Hearing Closure and Action (No Additional <br />Comments Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Ashley Moncado, Planner Il, (919) 245 -2589 <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) Craig Benedict, Director, (919) 245 -2575 <br />Amendment Outline Form <br />2. Proposed Ordinance <br />3. Proposed Amendment Summary <br />Spreadsheet <br />4. Excerpt of Draft November 25, 2013 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing Minutes <br />5. Excerpt of Approved December 4, <br />2013 Planning Board Meeting Minutes <br />6. Excerpt of Draft January 8, 2014 <br />Planning Board Meeting Minutes <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, <br />and make a decision on a Planning Board and Planning Director initiated text <br />amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <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 November 25, <br />2013 Quarterly Public Hearing. This hearing is not intended to solicit additional input <br />from the public or the applicant. While the BOCC may ask staff questions related to the <br />review of a given item, comments from the public shall not be solicited. <br />BACKGROUND: At the January 9, 2013 Planning Board meeting, Board members <br />discussed areas of interest to be worked on in the coming year. Many of these items <br />were elements highlighted in the UDO Implementation Bridge report prepared when the <br />UDO was adopted in 2011. One item presented by the Planning Board and referenced <br />in the Implementation Bridge was the need to review home occupation requirements to <br />determine the need to revise existing standards. Since July 2013, staff has been <br />working directly with the Planning Board to review and revise existing home occupation <br />standards contained in the UDO. <br />Planning staff is proposing for these amendments to take effect May 1, 2014. This delay will <br />present an opportunity for staff to provide outreach to Orange County residents regarding <br />the reviewing and permitting of home occupations based on the revised and proposed <br />standards contained in Attachment 2. <br />