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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 5, 2018 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-b <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) – Home Park Conditional Zoning District <br />(HP-CZD) Acreage and Land Use Modifications <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 2018-04 <br />2. Draft Excerpt of May 2, 2018 Planning <br />Board Minutes and Signed Statement of <br />Consistency <br />3. BOCC Statement of Consistency <br />4. Proposed UDO Text Amendments <br />5. Legal Advertisement <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 /> <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a Planning Director initiated Unified Development <br />Ordinance (UDO) text amendment modifying acreage requirements, specifically increasing the <br />maximum allowable size of the district from 50 to 100 acres, and including new permitted land <br />uses (i.e. public parks and government land uses) within the Home Park Conditional Zoning <br />District (HP-CZD). <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: The County has begun investigating opportunities and constraints associated <br />with the development of affordable housing. This includes potentially allowing for development <br />of affordable housing units on County owned property in addition to existing, or proposed, <br />government facilities (i.e. offices, parks, etc.). <br /> <br />One opportunity being reviewed is the development of Manufactured Homes (i.e. Mobile <br />Homes) through the Home Park Conditional Zoning District (HP-CZD) rezoning process. <br />Current regulations limit HP-CZD to a maximum allowable area of 50 acres. Staff is <br />recommending increasing the maximum allowable land area for said district be increased to 100 <br />acres. <br /> <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 public park 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 /> <br />For more information please refer to Attachment 1. <br />1