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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:May 2, 2018 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.8 <br />SUBJECT:Unified Development Ordinance (UDO)–Home Park Conditional Zoning District <br />(HP-CZD) Acreage and Land Use Modifications <br />DEPARTMENT:Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1.Comprehensive Plan and Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) <br />Amendment Outline Form 2018-04 <br />2.Statement of Consistency <br />3.Proposed UDO Text Amendments <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br />PURPOSE:To review and make a recommendation on a Planning Director initiatedUnified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO)textamendment modifying maximum allowable acreage, and <br />permitted uses within, the Home Park Conditional Zoning District (HP-CZD). <br />BACKGROUND:The County has begun investigating opportunities and constraints associated <br />with the development of affordablehousing. This includes potentially allowing for development <br />of affordable housing units on County owned property in addition to existing, or proposed, <br />governmentfacilities (i.e. offices, parks, etc.). <br />One opportunity being reviewed is the development ofManufactured Homes (i.e. Mobile <br />Homes) through the Home Park Conditional Zoning District (HP-CZD)rezoning process. <br />Current regulations limit HP-CZDto a maximum allowable area of 50 acres. Staff is <br />recommending increasing the maximum allowable land areafor said district be increased to 100 <br />acres. <br />Further, staff has determined that parks and government facilities are not listed as permitted <br />uses of property within the HP-CZD. If the properties under consideration were rezoned, other <br />uses such as a publicpark could not be developed.The proposed amendment will address this <br />issue by allowing for the development of parks and government facilities within the District. <br />For more information please refer to Attachment 1. <br />Planning Director Recommendation:The Planning Director recommends approval of the <br />Statement of Consistency, as contained in Attachment 2, and the UDO Text Amendment, as <br />contained within Attachment 3. <br />37