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ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance - <br /> REFERENCE: Article 5 - Establishment of Dimensional Requiremexit = <br /> for Rural Buffer (RB) District _ <br /> 031 <br /> (Schedule 5.1.1 - Residential Development) <br /> (Schedule 5.1.2 -- Non-Residential Development) <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _Staff,_ .Planning Board _BOCC_._, UbliC. <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: _X_Eigh Middle i aw <br /> Comment: . - - - <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC BEARING DATE: November 24, 1986 -- <br /> :******************.*************fir************* <br /> • <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Article 5 of the Zoning - � <br /> . Ordinance to add dimensional requirements . <br /> to Article 5.1.1. Schedule for. Residential <br /> Development, and Article 5.1.2. Sohedule <br /> for Non-Residential Developments for the - <br /> proposed new Rural Buffer (RB) District. <br /> • <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: On August 5. 1986. the Board of Commissioners _ - <br /> adopted the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. <br /> including a minimum required lot area per <br /> dwelling unit of two (2) acres. This action was _ <br /> reaffirmed on October 13. 1986 when the <br /> Commissioners adopted the text of - the Joint <br /> Planning Area Plan. <br /> The County Attorney has indicated that the <br /> two-acre standard can be enforced. <br /> Nevertheless, specific provisions do not exist. <br /> in the Zoning Ordinance which • identify <br /> dimensional requirements for lot area. lot <br /> width. setbacks, etc. Consultation with the <br /> County Attorney indicates a need to provide such - <br /> requirements in a manner consistent with other <br /> zoning district provisions. <br /> To provide some indication of . the impact of the <br /> proposed amendments, particularly the two-acre <br /> minimum lot size requirement. data was collected <br /> on the number of parcels above and below 80,000 <br /> square feet in area. (80.000 Square feet is <br /> approximately two acres.) The data collected <br /> • <br /> . from the Orange County Land Records System <br /> indicated that 48% of the parcels identified had <br /> lot areas of less than 80.000 square feet. (See - <br /> attached data sheets.) - In other - words, <br /> approximately 48% of all lots in the proposed <br /> Rural Buffer district would be nonconforming <br /> under the two-acre standard. These lots. <br /> however, represent only five percent (5%) of the <br />