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032 V C~ljvw U+cx,~ -J ~0 MEMORANDUM TO: Lee County Board of Commissioners John Crumpton, County Manager FROM: Marshall Downey, Assistant Director of Planning and Development DATE: June 1, 2009 REF: Consideration of adoption regarding four (4) amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Amendment I - Consider adoption of a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to create a new residential design standards overlay zoning district. As stated at the May 18`" public hearing, a Council member from the Sanford City Council requested that an overlay zoning district be created that could be applied to his ward in order • to implement regulations on residential fencing requirements. If this overlay district were adopted, an additional step to rezone the official zoning map to include this new overlay district would be required. Please note that this overlay zoning district is being crafted such that it would be applied to other residential areas/wards in Sanford. Broadway and Lee County have expressed a desire to exclude these regulations from their zoning jurisdiction. The Planning Board voted unanimously in favor of moving forward with this proposed amendment with the change that these rules not be available within Lee County's zoning jurisdiction. Attached is the draft language for consideration of adoption. Amendment 2 - Consider adoption of a text amendment to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) to permit social assistance, welfare and charitable service uses within the LI Light Industrial zoning district. As stated at the public hearing, Planning staff has been in contact with a Mr. William Hicks, who represents the "Bread of Life" mission that is currently located in the old McIver School at 219 Maple Avenue. Mr. Hicks has communicated to staff his desire to expand further into the old school in order to create a homeless shelter and vocational training. In reviewing the UDO, homeless shelters and vocational training are included under the category "Social assistance, welfare and other charitable services" (see Attachment A for fill description of this use grouping). This land use classification is currently not permitted within the LI Light Industrial zoning district. As a result, Mr. Hicks is seeking a text amendment to amend the LI • zoning district.