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37 <br /> 1 Planning Director's Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends approval of the <br /> 2 Statement of Consistency, indicating the amendments are reasonable and in the public interest, <br /> 3 contained in Attachment 2 and proposed amendment package contained in Attachment 3. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Planning Board Recommendation: At its August 3, 2016 meeting, the Board voted unanimously <br /> 6 to recommend approval of the Statement of Consistency and the amendment package. Draft <br /> 7 minutes from this meeting are included in Attachment 5. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Following the August 3rd Planning Board meeting, County Attorney staff completed their review <br /> 10 of the proposed text amendments. As a result of the review, edits were made to the proposed <br /> 11 amendments. The edits made after the August 3rd meeting are identified with yellow <br /> 12 highlighting in Attachment 3. Due to the edits made to the proposed text amendment package <br /> 13 following Planning Board recommendation, the Orange County Attorney's Office determined the <br /> 14 amendments would need to be presented to the Board at the September 7, 2016 Planning <br /> 15 Board meeting for a second review and recommendation before the September Quarterly Public <br /> 16 Hearing. Planning staff will present a summary of the Planning Board's discussion and <br /> 17 recommendation for the BOCC at the September Quarterly Public Hearing. Agenda materials <br /> 18 from the September 7, 2016 Planning Board meeting can be viewed at: <br /> 19 http://www.orangecountync.qov/SeptemberPlannincBoardPacket.pdf. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Unified Development Ordinance <br /> 22 Text Amendment <br /> 23 Modify Use Standards <br /> 24 Quarterly Public Hearinq <br /> 25 September 12, 2016 <br /> 26 Item D.4 <br /> 27 <br /> 28 Purpose <br /> 29 To hold a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated text amendment to the Unified <br /> 30 Development Ordinance (UDO) that would establish standards to allow certain principal uses to <br /> 31 include a small component of other specific uses in the O/RM (Office/Research and <br /> 32 Manufacturing) zoning district. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Proposed Amendments <br /> 35 • Proposed Revisions to: <br /> 36 • Section 5.14, Standards for Manufacturing, Assembly, and Processing <br /> 37 • Section 5.17, Standards for Miscellaneous Uses <br /> 38 • Packet includes the proposed amendments in "track changes" format <br /> 39 • Renumbering and reformatting of identified Sections <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Proposed Amendments <br /> 42 • Establish use standards to allow certain principal uses (Industrial (Light), Research <br /> 43 Facility, or Research and Manufacturing Facility) to include a small component of other <br /> 44 specific uses in the O/RM (Office/Research and Manufacturing) zoning district. <br /> 45 • Allow for additional uses that primarily serve and support the needs of the business, <br /> 46 facility, and employees involved in the principal use as part of an overall project without <br /> 47 overpowering the intended purpose of the O/RM zoning district. <br /> 48 <br /> 49 Proposed Amendments (chart) <br /> 50 <br /> 51 Public Notification <br />