Project Overview

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Board of County Commissioners PUBLIC
HEARING Lake Avalon Rural Settlement Commercial
Design Overlay District March 10, 2009
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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Overview

• Rural Settlements were created to
• Recognize the historic nature of some rural
  communities
• Provide for a rural residential lifestyle
• Recognize and preserve existing development
  patterns

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Overview

• The 1991 Comprehensive Policy Plan (CPP)
  designated 17 Rural Settlements
• By 2005 there were 22

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Overview

• Lake Avalon Rural Settlement
• Originally Village A of Horizon West
• Designated a Rural Settlement in 2004

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Overview

• Future Land Use Element policies
• 2.4.5 Establishes the Rural Settlement
• 2.4.6 Allows limited commercial and office
  uses. Such uses processed as CPP amendments.
• 2.4.7 Requires that development comply with
  Commercial Design Guidelines established for the
  Rural Settlement. Requires PD zoning or special
  exception.

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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Ordinance

• Purpose
• Preserve the rural character
• Prohibit unwanted uses
• Allow some neighborhood-serving
  non-residential uses

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Ordinance

• Requirements in the Ordinance
• Standards
• Building and site design
• Lighting
• Signage
• Fencing
• Tree preservation

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Ordinance

• Requirements in the Ordinance (cont.)
• Retail and personal services only
• Existing agricultural businesses are exempt
• Four public hearings required for each project (2
  LPA, 2 BCC)

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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Character and Scale
Land use compatibility
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Character and Scale

• Architecture
• 5,000 square foot maximum per property
• 0.23 FAR

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Character and Scale

• Fencing
• Rural style
• Transparency
• Materials

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Character and Scale

• Signage
• Sign plan required
• Illumination
• Copy area
• Landscaping
• Wall signs

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Character and Scale
Signage
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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Public meetings
• August 2008
• September 2008
• Issues discussed
• Whether to allow commercial
• Acreage limitation
• Agricultural restrictions

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• LPA Hearing - December 18, 2008
• Recommendation
• Make a finding of consistency with the CPP
• Recommended changes
• Exempted agricultural uses from prohibition on
  retail sales with outdoor storage
• 5,000 sq. ft. maximum building size (0.23 FAR) in
  lieu of 3,000 sq. ft. (0.14 FAR)
• All development, including alterations, must zone
  to PD
• Chain-link fencing prohibited entirely (except
  for livestock containment)

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1093. Acceptable Commercial Uses.
• The intent of the Lake Avalon Rural Settlement
  Commercial Design Overlay District is to preserve
  the unique rural quality of life the residents
  presently enjoy. Therefore, only small offices
  and commercial development, consistent with
  policies 2.1.1 through 2.1.18 contained within
  the Future Land Use Element of the Orange County
  Comprehensive Policy Plan relating to commercial
  development within a rural settlement, shall be
  permitted, except as may be prohibited by Section
  38-1094.

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1102. Development Size Tree
  Preservation.
• (a) Lot and Floor Area. In order to preserve the
  rural - residential character of the LARS Overlay
  District while also facilitating small-scale,
  neighborhood office and commercial land uses, the
  following lot and floor area criteria are
  established for non-residential uses within the
  LARS Overlay District

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1102. Development Size Tree
  Preservation.
• (b) Tree Preservation. (delete paragraph)
• (c) Acceptable Trees. (delete paragraph)

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1097. Development within the LARS
  Overlay District Allowable Intensities, Planned
  Development (PD) Required.
• (a) Development Intensity. Allowable
  intensities within the LARS Overlay District
  shall be consistent with the Future Land Use
  Element Policy 2.4.5. Any new commercial/office
  development shall have a maximum 0.2314  Floor
  Area Ratio (FAR) per parcel.

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1097. Development within the LARS
  Overlay District Allowable Intensities, Planned
  Development (PD) Required.
• (b) Planned Development Required. In order to
  ensure high-quality development and maintain
  compatibility with the areas prevailing rural
  character, all new construction, reconstruction,
  renovations, alterations or enlarging of a
  commercial/office development and redevelopment
  land use, building or structure within the LARS
  Overlay District shall be rezoned to Planned
  Development (PD).

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Public Meetings/LPA Hearing

• Sec. 38-1101. Fencing.
• (b) Fencing Materials.
• Chain link, barbed, or razor wire fencing, in
  any configuration, is prohibited within the front
  yard structural setback, and also is prohibited
  from the rear and side-yard structural setback
  unless the property and such fencing are being
  used for livestock containment.

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Presentation Outline

• Overview
• Ordinance
• Character and Scale
• Public Meetings/LPA Hearing
• Requested Action

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Requested Action

• Determine that the proposed Ordinance will not
  have a substantial economic impact on the
  development of real property within Orange County
• Adopt the Ordinance

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Board of County Commissioners PUBLIC
HEARING Lake Avalon Rural Settlement Commercial
Design Overlay District March 10, 2009