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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE: Article 2 .2 . 12 (Comprehensive Plan, Intent) <br /> Article 2 .2 . 13 (Comprehensive Plan Adoption) <br /> Article 2 .2 . 14 (Amendment of Adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan ) <br /> Article 22 (Definitions) <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X__ Staff Planning Boardd_ BOCC <br /> Other : <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X High '__ Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: February 22, 1988 <br /> ****************************************** <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise the statement of intent <br /> concerning the Comprehensive Plan <br /> for Orange County and incorporate <br /> adopted procedures for its amendment <br /> into the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> IMPACTS/ ISSUES : Existing references in the Zonin <br /> Ordinance generally refer to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan for the County as the <br /> Land Use Plan . Furthermore, procedures <br /> for the amendment of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan (or Land Use Plan) have been <br /> approved by the Board of Commissioners <br /> but not incorporated into Article 2.2 . 14 <br /> of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> While the Land Use Plan has served well <br /> as the County ' s Comprehensive Plan, new <br /> issues are emerging which warrant <br /> special study. Among the subjects which <br /> have received or are contemplated to <br /> receive special study are recreation and <br /> parks, open space, housing, utility <br /> services, and transportation. <br /> To recognize the special nature of such <br /> issues or subjects yet incorporate them <br /> as part of the Comprehensive Plan, a <br /> re-definition of the Plan is proposed . <br /> The Comprehensive Plan would consist of <br /> several documents or plans, each dealing <br /> with a specific element of physical <br /> development and each adopted by <br /> resolution as part of the Comprehensive <br /> Plan. Proposed elements would include <br /> land use (the current Land Use Plan ) , <br /> recreation, transportation, housing, <br />