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3 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> REFERENCE; Article 12 - Landscaping and Screening <br /> Requirements <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: X Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X High Middle Low <br /> Comment: Major Amendment <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC BEARING DATE: May 22, 1989 <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Article 12 of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance in an effort to be consistent <br /> with the landscape requirements in the <br /> Subdivision Regulations. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: Development activity in Orange County has <br /> increased annually, especially in the last <br /> several years. Landscape regulations apply <br /> to all new development, including subdivi- <br /> sions, planned developments, and individual <br /> site construction (with the exception of <br /> single family dwellings on existing lots) . <br /> As a result, the Planning Staff as well as <br /> local developers have cited the need for <br /> consistency between the landscape and buffer <br /> requirements specified in the Subdivision <br /> Regulations and the landscape standards set <br /> forth in Article 12 of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> By developing a set of landscape and buffer <br /> regulations that can be incorporated into <br /> each ordinance, the Planning Staff seeks to <br /> facilitate compliance as well as <br /> enforcement. <br /> Section IV-B-8 of the Subdivision Regula- <br /> tions was amended last fall to include <br /> certain provisions from Article 12 of the <br /> Zoning Ordinance. The amendments currently <br /> proposed will, make the landscape require- <br /> ments in the two ordinances essentially the <br /> same. Portions of Section IV-B-8 regarding <br /> tree protection and land use buffers will be <br /> added to Article 12 as well as a required <br /> minimum number of trees per lot for which <br /> site plan approval has been requested. <br /> Ob. <br />