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10 <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 /> application for this district, emphasis shall be _-ggiven to the location of the proposed <br /> development, the relationship of the site and site development plan to adjoining property, <br /> and the development itself' (emphasis by staff). <br /> Additionally, the applicant is proposing a UDO text amendment to allow MPD-CD districts in <br /> RNANs, as defined in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. This amendment is complementary to the <br /> application to amend the Comprehensive Plan's Appendix F. The following sentence in Section <br /> 3.8, MPD-CD Chart, District Specific Development Standards, #1 would be rewritten as follows <br /> (red text is the proposed amendment language): <br /> 1. MPD-CD districts shall be limited to Transition Land Use Categories within the Orange <br /> County Planning Jurisdiction and Rural Neighborhood Activity Nodes and Rural <br /> Community Nodes, as defined in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. <br />