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Ashley Moncado, Orange County Planning Inspections, presented the following <br />PowerPoint slides: <br />Unified Development Ordinance <br />Text Amendment <br />Temporary Health Care Structures <br />Quarterly Public Hearing <br />May 26, 2015 <br />Item C5 <br />Purpose <br />To hold a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />text amendment regarding proposed standards fortemporary health care structures to be added <br />into Sections 5.5 Standards for Residential Uses and 10.1 Definitions of the UDO. <br />Background <br />What is a Temporary HealthCare Structure (THCS)? <br />General Definition <br />o A mobile, modular unit, which may include health care amenities, designed to be <br />temporarily placed on a caregiver's property for rehabilitation and extended care <br />of an impaired relative. <br />Purpose <br />o Provide a temporary, affordable, higher quality, and accessible housingoption for <br />those in need, and for families in place of a nursing home facility. <br />Similar to a state of the art hospital room <br />Also known as: <br />MEDCottages <br />Granny Pods <br />Session Law 2014-94 <br />Background <br />Concerns with existing zoning regulations limiting temporary healthcare <br />structures <br />Adopted (August 1, 2014) to accommodate use and limit permittingobstacles <br />statewide <br />Modeled after 2010 Virginia State Legislation <br />Purpose <br />o Allow people withmental or physical impairments tolive and reside with their <br />families in order to receivethe care they need. <br />Outlined Definition and Regulations <br />Proposed Amendments <br />Proposed Revisions to: <br />Section 5.5, Standards for Residential Uses <br />Article 10, Definitions <br />Packet includes theproposed amendments in "track changes" format <br />Renumbering and reformattingofidentified Sections <br />Proposed Amendments <br /> 50