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2 <br /> <br />1. 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 /> <br />The amendments are necessary to ensure the permitting of a temporary health care <br />structure is consistent with recent changes in State Law. Session Law 2014-94, <br />adopted August 1, 2014, defines a temporary health care structure as a transportable <br />residential structure providing an environment facilitating a caregiver's provision of <br />care for a mentally or physically impaired person that is primarily assembled at a <br />location other than its site of installation, is limited to one occupant who shall be the <br />mentally or physically impaired person, has no more than 300 gross square feet, and <br />complies with the North Carolina State Building Code. <br /> <br />The Session Law modifies standards related to the placement of a temporary health <br />care structure including, but are not limited to, the following: <br /> <br />1. Only one temporary health care structure shall be allowed on a lot or parcel of <br />land. <br />2. Temporary health care structures shall not require a Special Use Permit or be <br />subjected to any other local zoning regulations beyond those imposed upon <br />other accessory use structures. <br />3. Temporary health care structures shall comply with all setback require ments <br />and any maximum floor area ratio limitations that apply to the primary <br />structure. <br />4. Any person proposing to install a temporary health care structure must obtain <br />a permit and may be charged a fee up to $100 and a yearly renewal fee up to <br />$50. <br />5. A temporary health care structure may be required to connect to water, sewer, <br />and electric utilities and comply with all applicable state laws, local ordinances, <br />and additional regulations. <br />6. No signage shall be permitted onsite or on the exterior of the temporary he alth <br />care structure. <br />7. All temporary health care structures shall be removed within 60 days in which <br />the physical or mentally impaired person is no longer receiving care or is no <br />longer in need of assistance. <br /> <br />Based on regulations set forth in Session Law 2014-94, the proposed amendment <br />will address the review and permitting of temporary health care structures in order to <br />be consistent with State Law. A copy of Session Law 2014-94 can be found at the <br />end of this form. <br /> <br />Additional analysis may be included with the quarterly public hearing materials. <br /> <br />4