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REQUEST TO DISCUSS A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN REVISING THE RURAL LIFESTYLE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Staff seeks direction regarding revisions to the text of the Rural Lifestyle future land use designation.
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DEPARTMENT: Growth Management
PREPARED BY: Name: Clyde Dulin, AICP
Title: Comprehensive Planning Administrator
REQUESTED BY: Commissioner Heard
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
The Rural Lifestyle future land use designation, a text amendment, was adopted by Ordinance 1185 on September 13, 2022 and amended by Ordinance 1222 on April 30, 2024. The Rural Lifestyle text was further modified by Ordinance 1232 on October 22, 2024 to change the number of bedrooms permitted with each golf cottage. The Rural Lifestyle future land use designation permits communities with a minimum 1,000 acres contiguous to a Primary, Secondary or Freestanding urban service district. Or, it permits communities with a minimum 3,000 acres within 6,000 feet of a Primary or Freestanding urban service district. Each Rural Lifestyle community must be developed pursuant to a Planned unit Development (PUD) agreement approved by the Board of County Commissioners.
ISSUES:
Staff seeks Board direction.
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency to determine whether it is consistent with applicable law, and the legal staff have identified and addressed legal risks and developed strategies for legal defensibility, as applicable.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board adopt the attached Resolution to initiate a text amendment to Policy 4.13A.18. of the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Move that the Board provide staff further direction on other proposed changes to the Comprehensive Growth Management Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff time.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff time.
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☒Resolution
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