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BOOK U FACE � BACKGROUND: Recently, staff initiated an LDR amendment regarding plan set submittal requirements, based upon a request from the Fire Prevention Bureau, and paired that amendment with a request from the St. Peter's Charter School to change certain setbacks for schools adjacent to non-residential sites. Each of these amendments has been reviewed by the PSAC (Professional Services Advisory Committee) and PZC (Planning and Zoning Commission) and are ready for Board of County Commissioners consideration and action. Plan Set Submittal/Resubmittal Requirements Currently, the LDRs require seven (7) sets of site plan or plat drawings for each step in the submittal and resubmittal review process for subdivision, site plan, and planned development (PD) projects. Based upon a request from the Fire Bureau for an additional plan set for its initial project review (see attachment #1), staff reviewed the current plan/plat set submittal requirements for all development project types. Based upon its review of these requirements, staff is proposing changes to the number of required plat/plan set drawings to be submitted during initial reviews and re -submittal review steps of the subdivision, site plan, and PD processes. At its regular meeting of March 16, 2000, the PSAC voted 4-2 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners adopt the proposed plan set submittal/resubmittal LDR amendment. Separate from the LDR amendment proposal, at the request of the PSAC, staff is again researching the issue of electronic plan submittals as an option to paper plan set submittals. In addition, staff and the PSAC are working together to make the PSAC meeting packet completely electronic: beginning this month, all PSAC packet materials will be "delivered" electronically only. At its regular meeting of March 23, 2000, the PZC voted 7-0 to recommend that the Board adopt the proposed plan set submittal/resubmittal LDR amendment (see attachment #4). Special School Setbacks St. Peter's Charter School has submitted an LDR amendment application to reduce a current requirement for school building setbacks. St Peter's is seeking the reduction to accommodate a 110' x 88' building on its site which is located in the RM -10 zoning district. The proposed IDR amendment would apply countywide where school facilities are proposed adjacent to non-residential uses that are not agricultural (e.g. commercial, industrial, office, institutional). St. Peter's is requesting an amendment to LDR section 971.14(4)(d), a section which currently requires a 100' setback from a school building to all property lines, even where a school site abuts a non-residential use. While the applicant has not proposed any specific language, the applicant does request that a setback reduction be allowed when a school building is proposed to be located adjacent to non-residential uses. To facilitate consideration of St. Peter's request, staff has proposed language similar to an existing provision in the LDRs which allows a reduction in buffer requirements when a church facility is proposed to be located adjacent to other institutional (non-residential) uses (see attachment #3). At its regular meeting of March 16, 2000, the PSAC considered the proposed LDR amendment and recommended approval. The PSAC recommendation included wording to expand the originally proposed amendment language to allow a setback reduction in situations when the adjacent property is zoned for non-residential uses (e.g. commercial zoning). Staff concurs with the PSAC's recommendation and has included wording in the currently proposed LDR amendment wording to implement the PSAC recommendation. The PZC also considered the LDR amendment and voted 6-1 to recommend that the Board adopt the special school setback LDR amendment (see attachment #4). MAY 099 2000 -42-