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Approved 9/6/17 8 371 Lydia Wegman asked if there will be a definition of Race Track. 372 373 Michael Harvey said yes and continued the discussion (page 152) on “Recreational” uses. He said that “Theater” is 374 a new addition to the Table and includes indoor and outdoor performances with regulations covering outdoor 375 performances. The County Attorney has not provided any comments on this category. 376 377 Mr. Harvey continued his presentation and reviewed Residential land uses (page 153). The County Attorney has 378 requested additional explanation on the differences between “Family Care Home,” “Group Care Home,” and “Health 379 and Personal Care Facility.” Mr. Harvey reviewed with the Board that a “Family Care Home” is only intended to 380 serve a maximum of six clients. A “Group Care Facility,” which has to be licensed by the state as such, handles 7-381 15 clients. A “Health and Personal Care Facility” is a new category created to address concerns that the Table 382 lacked a land use category for a large-scale operation designed to provide assisted living or congregate care for 383 more than 16 clients. Staff will provide this level of detail to the Attorney’s Office with the recommendation that 384 these categories should be broken-out into three separate activities based on occupancy and use. 385 386 Lydia Wegman asked if these categories are allowed in difference districts. 387 388 Michael Harvey confirmed this and said that the Table currently shows the recommendation for where “Health and 389 Personal Care Facility” should be allowed, pending County Attorney review for legal sufficiency. Mr. Harvey 390 continued with his presentation. “Rehabilitative Care Facility” has not been changed, but “Fraternities, Sororities, 391 and Dormitories” as examples under “Residential Hotel” will be removed and detailed in Definitions, per the 392 convention of previous land use category changes discussed. 393 394 Randy Marshall asked how bed and breakfasts had been categorized. 395 396 Michael Harvey replied that bed and breakfasts is categorized under Services. He said he would review that 397 category later in the presentation and continued the discussion on Residential uses. The County Attorney’s Office 398 asked Staff to review the term “Orphanage.” Mr. Harvey said that Staff’s goal is to provide additional flexibility, 399 inclusive of housing, for adolescents and children without parents, like foster care facilities. If a family decides to 400 have foster children, the use is considered to be a single family residence, as long as definitions of family comply 401 with the UDO, and thus this does not need to be distinguished in the Table at all, in his opinion. At this juncture, 402 Staff will need to create a new set of criteria for “Orphanage.” 403 404 Michael Harvey continued the presentation (page 154). The County Attorney asked Staff if “Country Store” could be 405 eliminated and combined into “Retail.” Initially, Staff thought it best to keep the category since it is defined by a 406 specific construct as to what “County Store” is supposed to be under the UDO. Staff is reviewing the Attorney’s 407 recommendation and will keep the Board informed of any changes. As the Board has reviewed, the “Retail” 408 category will now be based on square footage instead of travel trips per day. 409 410 Michael Harvey continued the presentation (pages 155 and 156). The land use categories under “Services” have 411 been expanded. Mr. Harvey reminded the Board about discussions on churches and that Staff had replaced that 412 term and with “Religious Facility.” The County Attorney’s Office wants to take this one step further and is studying 413 the viability of eliminating “Clubs or Lodges; Social, Fraternal; or Union Clubhouses,” “Community Centers,” and 414 “Religious Facility” and have these uses consolidated into a land use defined as “Assembly.” In the County 415 Attorney’s opinion, the aforementioned uses could be better described in this way. Mr. Harvey said that while this 416 change sounds good in theory, some of these uses are only allowed in certain districts, specifically, “Clubs or 417 Lodges; Social, Fraternal; or Union Clubhouses,” and “Community Centers” (which may need a Special Use 418 Permit), whereas a “Religious Facility” is allowed in every zoning district. Staff will prepare a memo and matrix for 419 the County Attorney showing how these uses are different, permits needed and other requirements, and if it is 420 possible to see how assembly occupancy uses could be collapsed into one central land use construct. 421 422