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VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5.Public Hearings a. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment Related to Temporary Health Care Structures — Public Hearing Closure and Action (No Additional Comments Accepted) The Board considered receiving thePlanning Board recommendation, closing the public hearing, and deciding accordingly and/or adopting the Statement ofConsistency and the Ordinance amending theUnified DevelopmentOrdinance (UDO) regarding temporary health care structures as recommended by the Planning Boardand staff. Ashley Moncado, Orange County Planning and Inspections, said this item was presented at the May Quarterly Public Hearing (QPH). She said no modifications were made after the QPH. She said the amendment was presented at theJune Planning Board Meeting, and the Planning Board voted 10-2 to recommendapproval of the Statement ofConsistency; and 9-3 to recommend approval of theproposed amendment. She said all comments from the Planning Board meeting can be found on page 8 within attachment 2. Commissioner Price asked if there had been any collaboration withthe municipalities. Ashley Moncado said the Town of Hillsborough is pursuing an amendment to implement the session law, and there havebeen no comments from the other jurisdictions despitenotification of the proposed amendment being sent to them. A motion wasmade by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Burroughs to close the public hearing. VOTE: UNANIMOUS Commissioner Dorosin said he will vote against it. He said he knows it is a directive fromthe State, but he finds it a poor way todo policy. Commissioner Dorosin said atthe lastBOCC meeting, the Commissioners had discussed about developingsomething specific to OrangeCounty with broader parameters, and he encouraged the Board to pursue this. Commissioner Dorosin said the Board needs to re-visitthepolicy that no more than 3 unrelated persons can live together as this could be a violation of civil rights, and asked if staff couldrevise this. Ashley Moncado said staff is interested in pursuing thesechanges as well, butneeded to get this text amendment done first and thenreview changes to it. Commissioner Dorosin asked what wouldhappen if the Board rejected this law. Ashley Moncado said theState law wouldtrump County law. She said she spoke with the County Attorney's office regardingmodifying the language, and changes willbe pursued. Commissioner Dorosin said it doesnot matter if theBoard passes this amendment. Ashley Moncado said that is correct. She said theState law wouldtrump the County's refusal to pass it, butpotential future changes could make the amendment more flexible and accommodating. Commissioner Pricesaid she has concerns withthe residency requirement. She asked if there is a definition of, or process, to determine who is a resident. Ashley Moncado said this was a concern with the planning board members as well, and staff knows that this needs to be explored more thoroughly. 39