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O R A N G E C 0 U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: August 24 1992 103 Action Agenda Item #_C 3(a) SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT ARTICLE 4.3 - PERMITTED USE TABLE ARTICLE 6.7.2 - ACCESSORY STRUCTURES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ARTICLE 8.8.28 - MOBILE /MANUFACTURED STRUCTURE ARTICLE 22 - DEFINITIONS DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING x Yes No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Eddie Kirk Proposed Amendment Extension 2582 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough - 732 -8181 Durham - 688 -7331 Mebane - 227 -2031 Chapel Hill - 967 -9251 PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposed Zoning Ordinance amendment to add a new section addressing Mobile /Manufactured Structures as Class B Special Uses in the Agricultural Residential (AR), Rural Residential (R- 1), and Rural Buffer (RB) zones. BACKGROUND: The Planning and Inspections Staff has recently been presented with the issue of whether to allow mobile/ manufactured structures to be used as accessory structures to residential uses. The Zoning Ordinance does not allow mobile homes to be used as accessory structures. Whereas manufactured structures and mobile office structures are constructed differently than mobile homes and are not intended to be used as residential units, these types of structures differ from mobile homes and would be appropriate to use as accessory structures. This amendment would specifically set up mobile /manufactured structures to be used for accessory purposes as a Class B Special Use Permit and provide specific standards that would apply in Agricultural Residential (AR), Rural Residential (R -1), and Rural Buffer (RB) zones. Utility buildings are currently allowed as accessory uses in residential districts and would not be affected by this amendment. RECOMMENDATION: Article 20.3 of the Zoning Ordinance requires that the Zoning Officer's recommendation be presented to the Planning Board within 30 days of receipt of an