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2 <br /> <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 /> <br />The amendments are necessary to ensure the permitting of a temporary health care <br />structure is consistent with changes in State Law. Session Law 2014-94, adopted <br />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 />Based on regulations set forth in Session Law 2014 -94, the proposed amendment <br />will incorporate the new use identified in Session Law into the UDO and address the <br />review and permitting of temporary health care structures in order to be consistent <br />with State Law. A copy of Session Law 2014-94 can be found at the end of this form. <br /> <br />3. Comprehensive Plan Linkage (i.e. Principles, Goals and Objectives) <br />Chapter 4: Housing Element – Section 4.6 Goals <br />Housing Goal 2: Housing that is useable by as many people as possible regardless <br />of age, ability, or circumstance. <br />4. New Statutes and Rules <br />Session Law 2014-94 An Act Relating To Zoning Provisions For Temporary Health <br />Care Structures <br />C. PROCESS <br />1. TIMEFRAME/MILESTONES/DEADLINES <br />a. BOCC Authorization to Proceed <br />November 18, 2014 <br />b. Quarterly Public Hearing <br />May 26, 2015 <br />c. BOCC Updates/Checkpoints <br />May 26, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing. This item was reviewed at the hearing <br />where the following comments were made: <br /> <br /> BOCC Member Comment: Orange County staff should explore <br />modifying the amendments and the Unified Development Ordinance in <br />order to make temporary health care structures easily available. The <br />onerous requirements only allowing a relative to occupy a unit, requiring <br /> 5