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SUMMARY OF PROPOSED LDR AMENDMENTS Chapter 901 • Deletes the obsolete definition of "automobile wrecking yard". The wrecking yard use is addressed under"junkyard" (junk and salvage yard); see summary below. • Specifies that a pet cemetery is defined as a"cemetery". • Updates and clarifies the definition of "community center" by distinguishing it from a social membership club or a place of worship. • Updates the definition of"demolition debris site"by specifying the type of materials handled and processed under the subject use. The proposed changes are consistent with the county's interpretation of those uses as applied to the A-I Walee and Indian River County Recyclers demolition debris applications. • Establishes the definition of"dude ranch"by specifying the rural commercial lodging nature of the subject use. • Updates the definition of junkyard by adding"junk and salvage yard"to the term and deleting a reference to the obsolete term"automobile wrecking yard". • Updates the definition of "recycling plant" by changing the term to "recycling center" and differentiating the use from a junkyard and from a demolition debris site by specifying materials handled under the subject use. • Updates and clarifies the definition of"gross floor area". • Deletes the obsolete definition of"height"which conflicts with the definition of"building height". The definition of building height is not changing and will continue to apply as is. • Updates and clarifies the definition of"hotel/motel" by adding the term"lodging facilities",by referencing a separate definition for "bed and breakfast", by deleting a separate and obsolete definition of"motel". Adds provision directed by BCC at the June 19, 2012 hearing stating that residential units rented for less than a month do not constitute a hotel/motel or lodging facility. • Establishes the definition of"hunting and fishing lodge"by specifying the commercial lodging and hunting or fishing characteristics of the subject use. • Updates the definition of"junk vehicle" by addressing swamp buggies, race cars, golf carts,and other vehicles that are not required by law to be registered, but may constitute junk vehicles if deemed inoperable. • Establishes the definition of"required yard" which is a term used in the LDRs that refers to required front, side, and rear setback areas. Chapter 902 • Clarifies certain appeal procedures and criteria,and narrows the scope of an appeal to procedural errors or errors of interpreting or applying the land development regulations and the comprehensive plan. • Clarifies that decisions of the Technical Review Committee(TRC)regarding minor site plans are treated the same as appeals of community development director decisions which are heard by the PZC. ATTACHMENT 2 F:\Community Development\Users\CurDev\BCC\2012 BCC\summaryofLDRs.doc 1 4