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2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 23, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.1 <br /> SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment — 0/1 (Office/Institutional) <br /> Zoning District and Establishment of a New Permitted Use Type <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified Ashley Moncado, Planner II (919) 245-2589 <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO) Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br /> Amendment Outline Form <br /> 2. Statement of Consistency <br /> 3. Proposed Ordinance <br /> 4. Proposed Amendment Summary <br /> 5. Approved April 4, 2016 Ordinance <br /> Review Committee Notes <br /> 6. Draft May 4, 2016 Planning Board <br /> Minutes and Statement of Consistency <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated text amendment to the <br /> Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and Comprehensive Plan regarding the 0/1 <br /> (Office/Institutional) Zoning District and establishment of a new permitted use type that would <br /> also be permitted in the Industrial Districts (I-1, 1-2, and 1-3). <br /> BACKGROUND: Based on Board of County Commissioners' goals to promote economic <br /> sustainability through planning policies and orderly growth this amendment is proposed. In order <br /> to manage, accommodate, and review mixed use developments containing office, research, and <br /> manufacturing, the Planning Director has initiated a text amendment to the 0/1 <br /> (Office/Institutional) zoning district. The amendment proposes to: <br /> • Rename the 0/1 (Office/Institutional) zoning district to the O/RM (Office/Research and <br /> Manufacturing) zoning district. <br /> • Allow for additional principal uses to be permitted by right in the modified O/RM district. <br /> • Delete residential uses as a permitted use in the modified O/RM zoning district. <br /> • Delete tourist home as a permitted use in the modified O/RM zoning district. <br /> • Modify the existing assembly and packaging use type in Section 5.2, Table of Permitted <br /> Uses. <br /> • Create a new permitted use type, Research and Manufacturing Facility, to allow for <br /> research facilities with advanced manufacturing operations in the modified O/RM and <br /> existing 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 (Industrial Light, Medium, and Heavy, respectively) zoning <br /> districts. <br /> The proposed amendment previously included the establishment and permitting of secondary <br /> uses in the modified O/RM zoning district. Following a recommendation from the Orange County <br />