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Ordinance Review Committee

Orange County · Planning Board
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Committee meeting Comprehensive planParks and recreationRoads and transportationEnvironment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment

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What's on this agenda

Orange County's planning board ordinance review committee meets July 1, right after the regular meeting, to review the planning director's omnibus amendments to the development ordinance. The changes touch frontage and setback rules, accessory dwelling unit standards, and home occupation permits. They also cover street trees, subdivision buffers, RV use standards and school zoning. The item was tabled from the June 3 meeting for lack of time. Attendance is optional and no quorum is required, since the committee does not vote.

Summarized from the published agenda. Read the agenda itself before acting on it.

Meeting recap

What happened, drawn from the records published after the meeting. Minutes

The committee got about halfway through the amendment package in ninety minutes and ran out of time again. It worked through frontage and setback rules for public and private roads using worked examples, then revised accessory dwelling unit square-footage limits and minor home occupation permit review. It also went over street tree and subdivision buffer standards. Members had just started on recreational vehicle use standards and zoning for existing schools when time ran out, and the rest goes to next month's meeting. The session ran from 8:17 p.m. to 9:46 p.m.

How the votes went

No votes. The committee is advisory and does not require a quorum.

From the published minutes.

Who spoke

No members of the public spoke.

Read from the records the government published after the meeting. Members of the public are private residents and are not named or indexed.

Speaking at this meeting

Orange County's own rules for public comment — check them before you rely on anything here.

Agenda items (4)

Discussion item · 2Minutes approval · 1Ordinance · 1
  1. 3 Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes
    Minutes approval
    Minutes and training notes from the 3 June regular meeting.
  2. 7 Discussion Item: Draft Orange County Trails Plan
    Discussion item Comprehensive planParks and recreationRoads and transportation
    The draft county trails plan, presented for the board's feedback. Its stated aims include completing the Mountains-to-Sea Trail through the county and connecting parks and open space.
    Discussed. No recommendation made.
  3. 8 Discussion Item: Draft Orange County Bike and Pedestrian Plan
    Discussion item Comprehensive planParks and recreationRoads and transportation
    The draft bicycle and pedestrian plan, built around making walking and biking safer, building a more connected network, and improving access — including for rural residents.
    Discussed. No recommendation made.
  4. ORC 1 UDO Text Amendment — Omnibus Amendments (Ordinance Review Committee)
    Ordinance Environment and sustainabilityHousing and affordabilitySubdivision and site plansZoning text amendment
    Planning director-initiated amendments to the Unified Development Ordinance across several areas, described as primarily housekeeping. Tabled from 3 June for lack of time.
    Partly reviewed — frontage and setbacks, accessory dwelling unit square footage, minor home occupation permits, street trees and subdivision buffers. RV standards and school zoning were reached but not finished, and the remainder went to the next committee meeting.

Agenda changes

What moved between published versions of this agenda. Item numbers shift constantly as things are inserted, so only genuine additions and removals are listed.

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