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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 6, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendments – Secondary Uses <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Comprehensive Plan and Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />Amendment Outline Form <br />2. Statement of Consistency <br />3. Proposed Amendments <br />4. Proposed Amendment Summary <br />5. Draft April 4, 2016 Ordinance Review <br />Committee Notes <br />Ashley Moncado, Planner II (919) 245-2589 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on a <br />Planning Director initiated text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />establishing and permitting secondary uses in the UDO. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Currently, the UDO allows for accessory uses that are defined as customary <br />and ancillary to the established principal use of a property in all zoning districts. For example, a <br />proposed gas station may include a car wash as a permitted accessory use and be permitted by <br />right in all applicable zoning districts. However, the UDO does not provide a similar by-right <br />review process for proposed developments which include uses that may not be defined or <br />viewed as customary or ancillary to the principal use. As a result, an office, research, and <br />manufacturing business park which includes a restaurant primarily serving onsite employees <br />could not be permitted by right in the O/RM zoning district. The O/RM zoning district is currently <br />named the O/I (Office/Institutional) zoning district, but a separate amendment has been <br />proposed to rename and modify the O/I zoning district. Instead the project would be required to <br />follow either the Master Development Plan Conditional Zoning District (MDP-CZ) process or <br />Conditional Use District process. <br /> <br />The purpose of this amendment is to establish secondary uses in the UDO and allow for specific <br />uses, currently not permitted in the O/RM zoning district, to operate as secondary uses. <br />Secondary uses are intended to primarily serve the needs of the business, facility, and <br />employees involved in the principal use, however, they would be permitted to serve the general <br />public therefore widening the demand market and strengthening the business model. These <br />uses will be conducted only in conjunction with a specific permitted principal use (Industrial <br />(Light), Research Facility, or Research and Manufacturing Facility) and be an incidental part of <br />the total activity that takes place within a cohesive project. As a result, additional uses will be <br />permitted in the O/RM district without overpowering the intended purpose of the district. In <br />addition, the amendment will allow for a more efficient review process for future mixed use <br /> 50