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NC -2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICTS <br />Date Zoned Zoning Case Acreage Zoned <br />9/02/1881 <br />Township Zoned (6.30.713) <br />9/02/1881 <br />Township Zoned (6.30..20 <br />9/02/1881 <br />Township Zoned (6.30..15) <br />4/07/1986 <br />Vernon P. Davis (6.30B..p /o 8) <br />8/01/1989 <br />Whisnant & Phillips (6.30..p /o 8) <br />8/05/1991 <br />W.E. Blackwood (6.30B.p /o 13) <br />TOTAL: <br />0.36 ac. <br />1.01 ac. <br />0.99 ac. <br />1.00 ac. <br />1.00 ac. <br />0.65 ac. <br />5.01 ac. <br />193 <br />In December, 1995, a proposal to rezone a 4.71 acre lot within the White <br />Cross Rural Community Node from an Agricultural Residential Zoning <br />District to an Agricultural Services District triggered opposition from <br />surrounding property owners who opposed increasing commercial uses in <br />the area. Minutes from that meeting also indicate that "this area was. <br />studied several years ago with other economic development districts <br />because it was reaching its maximum" (maximum allowed area zoned for <br />commercial uses). "The sentiment from the residents was that no changes <br />were wanted that would provide for more non - residential development. <br />Thus, that area was eliminated when proposed economic development <br />districts were recommended." The Planning Board recommended "the <br />establishment of a small area planning group to work with the property <br />owners and residents in and around the White Cross activity node to <br />prepare a land use plan for the node." <br />The Orange County Sheriff's Department commented that the Sheriffs <br />Department presently provides patrol services to the area and that office <br />sees no need for an increase in personnel or equipment to continue that <br />service (if the property is rezoned). <br />The Orange County Fire Marshall has commented that fire protection to the <br />property is provided by the White Cross Volunteer Fire Department and <br />emergency medical services are provided by Orange County Emergency <br />Management; that the impact on those emergency response agencies <br />cannot be determined until a specific development is proposed since <br />requirements for staff and equipment are based on quantity, size, type and' <br />occupancy of buildings. <br />RECOMMENDATION: Article 20.3.3 of the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance requires that the Zoning Officer's recommendation be presented <br />