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2 <br /> 1 Ashley Moncado, Orange County Planning Inspections, presented the following <br /> 2 PowerPoint slides: <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Unified Development Ordinance <br /> 5 Text Amendment <br /> 6 Temporary Health Care Structures <br /> 7 Quarterly Public Hearing <br /> 8 May 26, 2015 <br /> 9 Item C5 <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Purpose <br /> 12 To hold a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br /> 13 text amendment regarding proposed standards for temporary health care structures to be added <br /> 14 into Sections 5.5 Standards for Residential Uses and 10.1 Definitions of the UDO. <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Background <br /> 17 What is a Temporary Health Care Structure (THCS)? <br /> 18 • General Definition <br /> 19 o A mobile, modular unit, which may include health care amenities, designed to be <br /> 20 temporarily placed on a caregiver's property for rehabilitation and extended care <br /> 21 of an impaired relative. <br /> 22 • Purpose <br /> 23 o Provide a temporary, affordable, higher quality, and accessible housing option for <br /> 24 those in need, and for families in place of a nursing home facility. <br /> 25 • Similar to a state of the art hospital room <br /> 26 • Also known as: <br /> 27 o MEDCottages <br /> 28 o Granny Pods <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Session Law 2014-94 <br /> 31 • Background <br /> 32 o Concerns with existing zoning regulations limiting temporary health care <br /> 33 structures <br /> 34 o Adopted (August 1, 2014) to accommodate use and limit permitting obstacles <br /> 35 statewide <br /> 36 o Modeled after 2010 Virginia State Legislation <br /> 37 • Purpose <br /> 38 o Allow people with mental or physical impairments to live and reside with their <br /> 39 families in order to receive the care they need. <br /> 40 • Outlined Definition and Regulations <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Proposed Amendments <br /> 43 • Proposed Revisions to: <br /> 44 o Section 5.5, Standards for Residential Uses <br /> 45 o Article 10, Definitions <br /> 46 • Packet includes the proposed amendments in "track changes" format <br /> 47 • Renumbering and reformatting of identified Sections <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Proposed Amendments <br />