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3 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> REFERENCE: ARTICLE 4 . 3 - PERMITTED USE TABLE <br /> ARTICLE 6. 7 . 2 - ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN <br /> RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS <br /> ARTICLE 8 .8. 28 - MANUFACTURED BUILDINGS <br /> ARTICLE 22 - DEFINITIONS <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: x Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: High Middle _x_ Low <br /> Comment: <br /> PUBLIC HEARING DATE: August 24, 1992 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: <br /> To add a new section addressing manufactured buildings to the <br /> Zoning Ordinance. Manufactured buildings would be classified as <br /> a Class B Special Use in the Agricultural Residential (AR) , Rural <br /> Residential (R-1) and Rural Buffer (RB) zones. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: <br /> Mobile homes are not allowed as accessory structures in <br /> residential districts, however, recently the Planning and <br /> Inspections Staff has been presented with the issue of whether to <br /> allow manufactured buildings, as opposed to mobile homes, to be <br /> used as accessory structures to residential uses. Manufactured <br /> buildings are constructed differently than mobile homes and are <br /> not intended to be used as residential units. The proposed <br /> amendment would allow manufactured buildings to be used for <br /> accessory purposes in the Agricultural Residential (AR) , Rural <br /> Residential (R-1) , and Rural Buffer (RB) zoning districts upon <br /> approval of a Class B Special Use Permit. Utility buildings are <br /> currently allowed as accessory uses in residential districts and <br /> would not be affected by this amendment. <br /> EXISTING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT: <br /> Article 4.3 - Permitted Use Table <br /> (see attached table) <br /> Article 6.7 - Accessory Structures in Residential Districts <br /> Article 6.7.2 - Mobile homes, as accessory structures to <br />