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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 7, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />– Revising the Land Use Zoning Matrix and Revising/Renaming of the Mobile Home Park <br />Conditional Zoning District (MHP-CZ). <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. Excerpt of Draft November 2, 2016 <br />Ordinance Review Committee Notes <br />3. Statement of Consistency <br />4. Proposed UDO and Comprehensive <br />Plan Amendments <br /> <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2592 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To review and comment upon a Planning Director initiated Comprehensive Plan <br />and Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendments revising the Mobile Home Park <br />Conditional Zoning (MHP-CZ) District allowing for temporary residential units (e.g. Recreational <br />Vehicles) and retitling the existing district Home Park Conditional Zoning (HP-CZ). <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: This amendment is in response to a BOCC work session item on February 18, <br />2016 to review current development regulations and discuss opportunities for allowing more <br />flexibility with respect to residential development. <br /> <br />During this work session, staff recommended modifying the existing MHP-CZ District to allow for <br />temporary residential units within mobile home parks, including recreational vehicles (RVs) and <br />tiny homes constructed to the RV standard. Information from the work session can be viewed <br />at: http://server3.co.orange.nc.us:8088/weblink8/0/fol/40558/Row1.aspx. <br /> <br />This item was presented to the Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) at its November 2, 2016 <br />meeting. Draft notes from the ORC meeting are contained in Attachment 2. <br /> <br />As a result of various comments received on the proposal, staff has crafted an amendment that: <br />i. Allows for temporary residential units that allow for up to a 180-day occupancy; <br />ii. Balances the various state and federal construction standards for temporary and <br />permanent units; and <br /> 17