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A 3- U9a y.. M E M O R A N D U M TO: Orange County Commissioners FROM: Rural Character Study Committee Clint Burklin, Chairman DATE: March 21, 1990 SUBJECT: Progress Report on Drafting a Plan for Protecting the Rural Character of Orange County This memorandum serves to update the Orange County Commissioners on the activities and progress made to date by the Rural Character. Study Committee on drafting a rural character protection plan for Orange County. The Rural Character Study Committee received the consultants recommended strategies for preserving the rural character of Orange County last fall. While these recommendations introduced new ideas, they were not responsive to many of the input our committee received from the local community. The Rural Character Study Committee subsequently met in many intense sessions through the winter to develop a rural character preservation plan directed at the unique needs of Orange County. The first area of the county to be addressed by our committee was the Rural Buffer. As our committees proposed plan has developed, we have discussed our concepts with various community groups. The inputs from these groups have helped strengthen our proposals. The Rural Character Study Committee has now developed a draft plan for preserving the rural character of the Rural Buffer portion of Orange County. Our proposed plan can succinctly be described as an incentive program. The plan preserves the land use options currently available to Orange County property owners. However, our plan goes on to offer incentives such as an expedited planning review process for property owners willing to go with greatly increased lot sizes. Moreover, for property owners who choose to set aside or preserve significant tracts of open space our plan offers incentives such as density bonuses.