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The Planning Board considered this item at its June 1, 2015 meeting and voted 10-2 to recommend approval of the UDO text amendment. Agenda materials and approved minutes from this meeting can be accessed at the following link: http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/planning_and_inspections/orange_county_plannin g_board_(pb).php. The amendment was presented for adoption consideration at the September 1 BOCC meeting. During discussion, BOCC members identified concerns with the proposed standards as being too restrictive for residents to provide care for mentally or physically impaired relatives, friends, or neighbors. Specific issues were identified regarding the relationship requirement between the occupant of the temporary health care structure and the occupant of the single family dwelling unit, North Carolina state residency standards, and the regulation requiring removal of the unit within 60 days. Due to these concerns, the BOCC voted to reopen the public hearing and refer the item back to the Planning Board and staff to modify the proposed amendment to address comments received at the May 26 Quarterly Public Hearing and the September 1 BOCC meeting. Comments made at this meeting are included in Section C.1 of Attachment 1. Approved minutes from this meeting are included in are provided in Attachment 5. Agenda materials from the meeting can be accessed at the following link: http://www.orangecountync.gov/departments/board_of_county_commissioners/agendas.php. The proposed revised amendment creates an entirely new land use, temporary custodial care units, which combines temporary health care structure standards outlined in Session Law 2014- 94 and existing standards related to temporary mobile home units (custodial care) contained in Section 5.4.4 of the UDO. Proposed revisions to the amendment include: • Proposed standards allowing for temporary health care structures and temporary mobile homes up to 1,000 square feet in size to be placed as an accessory use to an existing single family dwelling unit. • The removal of the required Class B Special Use Permit for temporary mobile homes currently contained in the UDO. • Proposed language increasing the number of unrelated persons that can live in a dwelling unit from three to five based on the North Carolina Residential State Building Code. • The removal of language regulating signage content for the temporary health care structures proposed in the original amendment. Due to recent court rulings regarding signage, the County Attorney’s office recommended removal of this language from the amendment. • Revisions addressing items of concern identified by the BOCC at the May and September meetings. The revised amendment was presented for review and comment at the November 4, 2015 Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) meeting. Agenda materials from that meeting are available at http://www.orangecountync.gov/ORC_Full_Agenda_Package_110415.pdf Approved summary notes from this meeting are included in Attachment 6. Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis regarding this amendment. Proposed text amendment language can be found in Attachment 3 within a “track changes” format. 29