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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 21, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 1 & 2 <br /> SUBJECT: Orange County Land Use Plan 2050 — Board Request for Additional Information <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> A. BOCC Request for Additional Information, Cy Stober, 919-245-2592 <br /> Part A Perdita Holtz, 919-245-2578 <br /> B. BOCC Request for Additional Information, Tom Altieri, 919-245-2579 <br /> Part B <br /> C. Conservation Subdivisions PowerPoint <br /> Presentation by Randall Arendt <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a presentation as response to the Board's request for additional <br /> background information and determine next steps for the Land Use Plan 2050 process. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its April 8, 2025, work session, the Board reviewed a tentative schedule for <br /> receiving presentations from County staff and in some cases, guest presenters, to provide <br /> additional background information for better informing its direction on the Land Use Plan 2050 <br /> process. The Board's calendar preference was for staff to schedule agenda items through mid- <br /> November to receive the information. <br /> Attachment A is Part A of the BOCC request for additional information grouped into six (6) topic <br /> areas by subject. To cover all topic areas, presentations to the Board were scheduled for work <br /> sessions on September 9, October 14, and November 11, 2025; half-day retreats were scheduled <br /> for November 14 and November 21, 2025. The half-day retreats are needed to cover Part B <br /> (Attachment B) of the Board's request for information and will include several guest presenters. <br /> The presentation (Attachment C) addresses BOCC questions, as follows: <br /> Agenda Item 1 - Conservation Subdivisions <br /> a) Are they allowed in the rural buffer now? What parameters? <br /> b) Are they allowed in any area of the county now? What parameters? <br /> c) Are there large parcels remaining in the rural buffer? <br /> d) Distinguish the policy aspect and the zoning aspect where density or# units could be <br /> limited? <br /> e) Can we put the clustered housing on land in the area least favorable for "farmable" land? <br />