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MBAR - 2 1993 BOOK 88 FACE 95 specific land use criteria provide adequate assurance for compatibility, buffering, and control of project density. •Subsection 2.A.: This subsection establishes a definition for a "residential resort", along with a 25 acre minimum project site size. *Subsection 2.B.: This subsection amends the use table to allow residential resorts as a special exception use in the RM -6, RM -8, and RM -10 districts. •Subsection 2.C.: This subsection establishes specific land use criteria with which any "residential resort" project application would be required to comply. These criteria include: - direct access onto a Thoroughfare Plan road - complete units (cooking facilities, access to laundry facilities) - density limitation (each unit counts as a residential unit) - allowance for accessory uses (e.g. recreational, dining) - heavy buffering (Type "A" buffer adjacent to residential, Type "B" buffer adjacent to roadways). [Please see attachment #14 for buffer types.] SECTIONS 3 - 17: These amendments were initiated by the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) as a comprehensive update of current county LDRs relating to specialized housing needs such as elderly and group housing, and residential treatment centers. •Sections 3 - 7: These sections add to or modify definitions in Chapter 901, Definitions. The changes provide new definitions for uses not currently defined and make existing county definitions compatible with state definitions. •Sections 8 - 13: These sections add or modify the use classification charts for the various zoning districts. The changes add uses to reflect the new definitions while standardizing the,use classifications between similar zoning districts. •Section 14: This section adds a newly defined classification to the general Table of Uses for Chapter 971, Specific Land Uses. •Sections 15 - 17: These sections modify the existing Specific Land Use Criteria. The changes reflect the modifications and additions to the definitions section and the use classification tables. For reference, two tables have also been attached (see attachment #15). The tables reflect existing uses and their classifications and the results of the proposed LDR changes. Vil SECTION 18: This amendment was initiated by staff and would Am eliminate the Minimum Unit Square Footage requirement for hotels and motels. In previous LDR revisions, minimum unit square footage requirements were eliminated for most types of residential uses (e.g. Single-family units, Multiple -family units). Planning staff is now recommending that the Minimum Unit Square Footage requirement be eliminated from the Size and Dimension Criteria for the Commercial Zoning Districts where hotels and motels are permitted uses. The elimination of the Minimum Unit Square Footage would then allow market preferences to determine acceptable unit sizes. NOTE: This change does not affect or modify the Minimum Land Area per Unit standard which determines the maximum hotel/motel unit density. 8