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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 6, 2016 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 2 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Review of Proposed Comprehensive Plan and Unified Development Ordinance <br />(UDO) Amendments – O/I (Office/Institutional) Zoning District and Establishment of a New <br />Permitted Use Type. <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 <br />2. Proposed Amendments <br />3. Proposed Amendment Summary <br />Ashley Moncado, Planner II (919) 245-2589 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2575 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To review and comment upon a government-initiated Comprehensive Plan and <br />Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendment regarding the O/I (Office/Institutional) <br />Zoning District and establishment of a new permitted use type that would also be permitted in I- <br />1, I-2, and I-3. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: Based on Board of County Commissioners’ goals to promote economic <br />sustainability through planning policies and orderly growth this amendment is proposed. In order <br />to manage, accommodate, and review mixed use developments containing office, research, and <br />manufacturing, the Planning Director has initiated a text amendment to the O/I <br />(Office/Institutional) zoning district. The amendment proposes to: <br />• Rename the O/I (Office/ Institutional) zoning district to the O/RM (Office/Research and <br />Manufacturing) zoning district. <br />• Allow for additional principal uses to be permitted by right in the modified O/RM district. <br />• Delete residential uses as a permitted use in the O/RM zoning district. <br />• Establish secondary uses and allow them to be permitted by right in the modified O/RM <br />district. <br />• Create a new permitted use type, Research and Manufacturing, to allow for research <br />facilities with advanced manufacturing operations in the O/RM and I-1, I-2, and I-3 zoning <br />districts. <br /> <br />Attachment 1 contains additional information and analysis regarding this amendment. Proposed <br />text amendment language can be found in Attachment 2 within a “track changes” format. <br /> <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Consideration and approval will not create the need for additional funding <br />for the provision of County services. Costs for the required legal advertisement were paid from <br />FY2015-16 Departmental funds budgeted for this purpose. Existing Planning staff included in <br />the Departmental staffing budget will accomplish the work required to process this amendment. <br /> <br /> 2