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Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page 2 <br />September 12, 2Q08 <br />planned and developed on a unified basis. ,Suitability of tracts for the development <br />proposed shall be determined primarily by reference to the Comprehensive Plan, but due <br />consideration shall be given to the existing and prospective character of surrounding <br />development. <br />Section 7.21.1 of the Zoning Ordinance expressly provides for Planned Development Districts <br />within Economic Development D~stncts when the plans for development do NOT: <br />1 • Meet the criteria for site plan approval. • • ; <br />2. Address agency comments solicited during the site plan review process; and/or' <br />3. Adhere to the design standards applicable within Economic Development <br />Districts as set forth in Article 6.29 of this ordinance; <br />and which propose a design solution which is equal to or better than could be obtained <br />through the application of the criteria and standards contained in the Design Manual. In <br />such cases, application for and approval of a Planned Development District shall be <br />governed by the general and specific standards and procedures for the issuance of a <br />Planned Development Pernut as set forth in [Article 7]. <br />In other words, Article 7 of the Zoning Ordinance per~~ a parallel method for the <br />development of land in the Buckharn Economic Development District. Through the rezoning and <br />special use processes, which. are necess t~hero eauPilre~ments ffor a PD D stri t thatrare unique to the <br />Commissioners can establish uses and q <br />created district. <br />The process for this approval is, first, a legislative one, in effect, a "conditional" Zoning <br />Ordinance Atlas amendment. And, if the z useg eormr~tmust be pln°ved to dpetail the specific <br />Board of County Commissioners, a specral P ecial use <br />requirements and conditions for the development of the land in the new district. The sp <br />permit requirements are comparable to the requirements contained in the Economic <br />Development Districts Manual for projects thltoarment islcreated by ordinan efamendment and <br />Development District. Once the planned dev p <br />the special use Permit is issued, the project is handled like a project in an economic development <br />district that does not require a planned deveiopmentoanaldsiwith =~ec~t to the specific uses watlun <br />it goes through one or many "final (site) plan app <br />the PD district and other development requirements- <br />Master plan or "concept plan" approval by the Board of Commissioners is contemplated <br />by the Planned Development regulations. Section 7.5.1(c) of the Zoning Ordinance requu~es the <br />applicant, to receive this approval, to show: <br />