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8 <br /> Use classification within the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Appendix F: Land Use and Zoning <br /> Matrix (Attachment 133). The zoning districts currently compatible within RNANs include: <br /> - LC-1 (Local Commercial-1); <br /> - NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial-2); <br /> - ASE-CD (Agricultural Support Enterprises - Conditional District); <br /> - R-CD (Residential - Conditional District); and <br /> - NR-CD (Non-Residential - Conditional District). <br /> Attachment B5, "RNAN Countywide and Existing Development Status" and Attachment B6, <br /> "RNAN Countywide and Existing Zoning," offer some analysis of how much potential this <br /> amendment may create for MPD-CD rezoning requests countywide. There are a total of ten <br /> (10) RNANs in Orange County. All ten (10) RNANs were included on the FLUM since it was <br /> originally adopted in 1981 and have largely not been developed since that time.Approximately <br /> 580 acres (49.7%) within the RNANs are already developed, leaving 512 parcel acres <br /> "undeveloped". As previously noted, this does not account for site specific characteristics and <br /> development constraints (e.g. required buffers). <br /> The MPD-CD zoning district was originally established to provide a mechanism through which <br /> innovative development proposals could move forward for consideration by Orange County <br /> through a legislative land use planning process that was transparent, fair, open, efficient, and <br /> responsive. The intent of the MPD-CD zoning district is, in part, "...to provide opportunity for <br /> unified large-scale subdivisions, non-residential, and mixed-use developments to be considered." <br /> Allowance of the MPD-CD zoning district use more broadly throughout the County may help <br /> accomplish the Comprehensive Plan's vision for activity nodes, inviting innovative mixtures of <br /> uses, including differing forms of residential uses and creative designs, at key intersections <br /> throughout the County. <br /> Any proposal of MPD-CD zoning in the RNANs would require administration of a zoning <br /> application and be accompanied by the requisite public notification and public hearing for input <br /> from property owners in the surrounding area. Fiddlehead Corner, the applicant's zoning <br /> proposal, is following this process and offers a procedural template that future applicants might <br /> use for reference and guidance. <br /> SECTION C: UDO TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> Hands Four Development Cooperative submitted an application in December 2023, and modified <br /> in March 2024, to amend the text of the UDO's Table of Permitted Uses to add "Family Care <br /> Facility" as a permitted use in the MPD-CD zoning district (Attachment Cl) and to complement <br /> the proposed amendments to Appendix F of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. While this applicant- <br /> initiated text amendment is necessary for the MPD-CD rezoning application, as presented, staff <br /> must evaluate if"Family Care Home" is an appropriate use for consideration within the MPD-CD <br /> zoning district countywide. <br /> Applications for a conditional zoning district must include all uses contemplated within a <br /> development project as part of the conditions accompanying the rezoning approval. The proposed <br /> allowable uses are specified in the UDO's Section 5.2, the Table of Permitted Uses, including <br /> whether use-specific standards are required. Furthermore, a MPD-CD approval must "... be <br /> located in such a manner as to be compatible with the character of existing development of <br /> surrounding properties, thus ensuring the continued conservation of building values and <br /> encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the county. Therefore, when evaluating an <br />