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Form Revised 09-29-16 <br /> <br />initiated text amendments to the UDO to increase the maximum allowable acreage <br />for, and include additional permitted land uses within, the Home Park Conditional <br />Zoning District (HP-CZD). <br />Specifically staff is proposing to increase the maximum allowable acreage for a <br />Home Park to be 100 acres versus the current limit of 50 acres and allow for <br />government office(s) and parks within the HP-CZD district. <br />The purpose of the amendment is to allow for larger home parks within the County, <br />given density limitations, thereby increasing opportunities for additional affordable <br />housing, and allowing for the development of additional land uses within the HP-CZD <br />conditional zoning district. <br /> <br />2. Analysis <br />As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br />‘cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, <br />prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of <br />County Commissioners’. <br />The County has begun investigating the various opportunities and constraints <br />associated with the development of affordable housing units, including the <br />development of mobile home parks through the Home Park Conditional Zoning <br />District (HP-CZD) process. Staff has been directed to investigate the possibility of <br />locating a HP-CZD district on County property in addition to other existing, or <br />proposed, government operated facilities (i.e. offices, parks, etc.). <br />Residential density, based on the Watershed Protection Overlay district a given <br />parcel is located within, can be relatively low. In order to cluster density to ‘threshold’ <br />numbers, a larger parcel is suggested. Current regulations limit HP-CZD to a <br />maximum allowable area of 50 acres. Staff is recommending increasing the <br />maximum allowable land area that can be zoned allowing for the development of a <br />HP-CZD to 100 acres. <br />Further, staff has determined parks and government facilities are not listed as <br />permitted uses of property within the HP-CZD. <br />The proposed amendment will address this issue by allowing for the possible <br />development of mobile home and recreational vehicle parks and government facilities <br />within the District. <br /> <br /> <br />3. Comprehensive Plan Linkage (i.e. Principles, Goals and Objectives) <br />Objective Housing – 4.1: Continue to permit HUD code-compliant manufactured <br />housing as a form of affordable housing in the County. <br /> <br />Objective Land Use – 4.1: Support the use of individual manufactured housing units <br />as a useful housing resource in the County by increasing the opportunities where <br />these units can locate by-right. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />4