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ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance REFERENCE: Article 4 - Establishment of Permitted Use Table - (New Article 4.2.1 - Rural Buffer) 020 ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staf f_Planning Boarder:BOCC_Public - Other: • STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: high, .Middle }•ow Comment: - - EXPECTED PUBLIC BEARING DATE: November 24. 1986 _ ****************i******************** PURPOSE' OF AMENDMENT: To revise Article 4 of the Zoning ' Ordinance by renumbering Articles 4.2.1 -- • through 4.2.4 to Articles 4.2.2 through • 4.2.5, respectively, and adding a new Article 4.2.1 Rural Buffer (RB) . This - amendment would establish the Rural Buffer _ • district within the Zoning Ordinances • including a definition of the districts criteria for application of-the districts and a list of uses permitted by. right and • by issuance of a Special Use Permit. IMPACTS/ISSUES: On August 5, 1986. the Board of Commissioners . adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plans including a minimum required. lot size per ' dwelling unit of. two (2) acres. This action was reaffirmed on October 13. 1986 when the Commissioners adopted the text of the Joint Planning Area' Use Plan. -The County Attorney has indicated -that the two-acre standard can be enforced in the case of any subdivision which has not received preliminary plat approval and in the case of a planned development. (See attached letter.) Nevertheless, specific provisions do not exist in the Zoning Ordinance which define the Rural. Buffer district, provide criteria for district application, and identify permitted uses. Consultation with the County Attorney indicates a need to provide such provisions in a manner consistent with similar requirements for other zoning districts. EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS;„None PROPOSED ORDINANCE REVISIONS: The proposed wording for the, - new Article 4.2.1 Rural Buffer (RED District is as follows: