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This information was distributed at the April 7, 2014 Public Information Meeting and was the basis of discussions Orange County Planning staff <br />had with a group of residents from August 2014 – January 2015. <br />Efland Village Overlay District <br />Easy <br />Ref. <br />No. <br />Section Number <br />in UDO <br />Revisions <br />Proposed Standard Explanation / Rationale <br />23. 4.6.3 (B)(4) Where applicable, the front yard setback shall be <br />measured from any future right-of-way as <br />designated on the Orange County Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan. <br />At this time, the County does not have a Comprehensive <br />Transportation Plan but anticipates developing one in the <br />future in order to serve future roadway/transportation needs. <br />If a parcel in the proposed overlay district area is affected by <br />the future plan, it makes good planning and development <br />sense to have buildings setback appropriately from anticipated <br />future roads. This both minimizes the chance that a building <br />would have to be removed due to the need for a new road and <br />ensures buildings are setback far enough from any future <br />roads so that you don’t end up with a situation of having a <br />building immediately adjacent to the roadway right-of-way line <br />and no longer having a front yard for that parcel. <br />24. 4.6.3 (B)(5) Although a portion of the Efland Village Overlay <br />District is within the Major Transportation Corridor <br />(MTC) Overlay District, the requirements of the <br />MTC do not apply. The parcels are included in the <br />MTC only because they fall within the prescribed <br />distance criteria but do not fall under any existing <br />requirements pertaining to the MTC. <br />This information allows users of the UDO to understand that <br />they do not have to research the requirements of the MTC <br />because no parcels in the proposed village overlay district fall <br />under the requirements of the MTC, even though they are <br />shown as being part of the MTC on the Zoning Atlas. <br />25. 4.6.3 (B)(6) If Building Height Limitation modifications are <br />pursued in accordance with Section 6.2.2(A), in no <br />case shall building height exceed 40 feet. <br />Section 6.2.2(A) potentially allows buildings up to 75-feet in <br />height in the County’s jurisdiction if additional setbacks are <br />provided. Because buildings this tall exceed most people’s <br />idea of a “village” atmosphere, this proposed standard caps <br />building heights at 40 feet, which normally translates to a <br />building up to 3 stories in height. <br />Page 10 of 20 <br /> <br />32