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At its meeting of June 13, 2013, the Planning & Zoning Commission voted 5 — 0 to recommend that the (W Board adopt the proposed ordinance amending Chapters 915 and 952. The Board is now to consider the proposed LDR amendments and is to make a recommendation that the Board adopt, adopt with changes,or deny the proposed ordinance containing the LDR amendments. ANALYSIS • Mixed Use Developments Currently,the county's mixed use development regulations contained in LDR Section 915.20 closely mirror Future Land Use Element Policy 5.6. That policy,however,may change on July 2,2013,when the Board considers amending several provisions of Policy 5.6, including the allowance of fuel sales and a limited amount of up-front commercial development within mixed use projects. Those mixed use projects policy changes are addressed in staff's report for the Vero Estates comprehensive plan amendment request (see attachment#4). As structured,the proposed 915.20 amendments reflect the specific changes being considered for Policy 5.6. The proposed Section 915.20 amendments have been scheduled for Board consideration on July 2, 2013, immediately following the Board's adoption hearing on the Policy 5.6 proposed changes. If the Board adopts the Policy 5.6 amendments,it can then immediately adopt the proposed Section 915.20 amendments to bring the LDRs in line with the amended Policy 5.6. • Chapter 952 Update As adopted,LDR Chapter 952 regulates various traffic-related aspects of development and includes a right- (W of-way table that provides the ultimate right-of-way width for each segment of the county's major roadway network(collector and arterial roads). Those ultimate right-of-way widths represent the amount of right-of- way needed to accommodate future roadway build-out conditions for a given segment of roadway. The ultimate right-of-way width information is used during development review to determine how much right-of- way, if any,needs to be acquired from project sites that front major roadways. In 2006,the county updated the Chapter 952 right-of-way table based on a re-evaluation performed by Public Works. That table is found in Section 952.08,remains valid and up-to-date,and does not need to be changed. Recently, staff discovered that a similar but out-of-date table that is an appendix to Chapter 952 was never deleted. Thus, there is an out-of-date and obsolete right-of-way table still appended to Chapter 952 that is inconsistent with the 952.08 right-of-way table. Consequently, the appendix needs to be deleted in its entirety. As structured, the proposed ordinance (Section 2) will delete the Chapter 952 appendix in its entirety. No other sections of Chapter 952 will be changed, and the up to date Section 952.08 right-of-way table will remain. Deletion of the Chapter 952 appendix is supported by Public Works. • Impacts on Development Costs and Affordable Housing The proposed amendments to the mixed use development requirements of Chapter 915 will expand flexibility for development of such projects and will not increase development costs. The change proposed to Chapter 952 will not affect development costs. Therefore,the proposed LDR amendments will not increase the cost of development,including the cost of developing housing. (W FACommunity Deve1opment\CurDev\BCC\2013 BCC\Mixeduse7-2-13.doc 2 106