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 Orange County
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 38. ZONING
 Article XVIII. PUBLIC SCHOOL SITING REGULATIONS

  § 38-1753. School site guidelines.  

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  • The following school site guidelines are not mandatory but shall be considered whenever waivers to school site criteria and standards are requested and necessary:

    (1)

    Schools should be located where adequate public facilities and infrastructure exist or are programmed and where environmental impacts are minimized.

    (2)

    Schools should be located to minimize average home-to-school travel distances based on both current and projected student enrollments.

    (3)

    Middle schools, K-8 schools and free-standing ninth grade centers should be located on residential collector roads within or as close as practical to existing or planned residential neighborhoods, and should be located adjacent to residential neighborhoods where secondary pedestrian access is available on local streets.

    (4)

    Elementary schools and K-8 schools should be located adjacent to residential neighborhoods where secondary pedestrian access is available on local streets.

    (5)

    K-8 schools and free-standing ninth grade centers shall be treated as middle schools. Non-free standing ninth grade centers operated and constructed in conjunction with high school campuses shall be treated as part of the high school campuses.

    (6)

    High schools should be located on roadways with adequate capacity to carry student and parent traffic and suitable for high volume traffic, including during evening and special events. High schools may also be located on collector or local roads with adequate capacity for motor vehicles on normal school days where the site has access to multiple adjacent streets to distribute traffic.

    (7)

    School sites should be discouraged adjacent to overhead high voltage transmission lines unless classrooms and programmed play areas for elementary schools can be located not closer than three hundred (300) feet from the nearest transmission line.

    (8)

    Where pedestrian access from a residential neighborhood to a school site exists, the school board should provide cross-connection to promote safety and walkability in accordance with the educational specifications adopted by the school board consistent with applicable state standards for public schools. However, the school board shall not be required to provide additional off-site improvements to residential neighborhoods to enhance safety or walkability.

(Ord. No. 96-31, § 2, 10-8-96; Ord. No. 2017-06 , § 1, 4-25-17)