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17 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE/PLAN AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE/PLAN: Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> REFERENCE: Section 4.1 Overview of Implementation Strategies <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X_Staff Planning Board BOCC Citizen <br /> Other: <br /> PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X_High Middle Low <br /> PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 23, 1994 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT <br /> This amendment would add language to the text of the Land Use Element of the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan to include a proposed new plan category entitled"Open Space Development Area"to <br /> the "Land Use Element Categories - Zoning District Matrix". <br /> EMIPACTS/ISSUES <br /> Proposed amendments to the text of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan are being <br /> presented at public hearing on May 5, 1994. The amendments seek to create a new "Open Space <br /> Development Area"land use plan category and are based on the following: <br /> 1.The provisions of the Hillsborough Cooperative Planning Agreement; <br /> 2.The work of the University Station Planning Group; and <br /> 3.On similar amendments presented at public hearing in 1992. <br /> On the same date,consideration will be given to applying the new classification to the University Station <br /> property. If the amendments are approved, the developers of the project could apply for rezoning and <br /> planned development approval.However, staff has identified the lack of specific standards in the Zoning <br /> Ordinance through which to implement the intent of the Open Space Development Area land use category. <br /> Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance which seek to correct this problem are being presented at the May <br /> 23, 1994 public hearing. This proposal is related to the Zoning Ordinance amendments in that it will <br /> provide the linkage between the"Open Space Development Area" land use plan category and the "Open <br /> Space Development (OSD)" zoning district. <br /> FIXT G ORDINANCE/PLAN PROVISIONS (No changes to existing text proposed) <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE/PLAN PROVISIONS <br /> The proposed changes to the text of the Land Use Element are as follows: <br /> Section 4.1 - Overview of Imiplementation Strategies <br /> Proposed Chance: Add Open-Space Development Area row to"Land Use Element Categories- <br /> Zoning District Matrix" (between Rural Residential and County Residential <br /> Transition)and create a new"Zoning District"column entitled"OSD"(see attached <br /> table). <br /> Proposed Chance: Add a new section before existing description of RURAL BUFFER, as shown <br /> below: <br />