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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 16, 1999 <br />Agenda Abstract <br />Item # _ q -d <br />SUBJECT: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT <br />Z -04 -98 James and Patricia LaTorre <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Findings of Fact (included in abstract) <br />Application <br />General Information Memorandum <br />Agency comments <br />Draft Public Hearing Minutes <br />Draft Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Karen Lincoln, Extension 2583 <br />PHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Mebane 227 -2031 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Chapel Hill 967 -9251 <br />1 <br />PURPOSE: To consider amending the Orange County Zoning Atlas by rezoning from <br />Primary Economic Development to Secondary Economic Development of a <br />19.96 acre lot located in the 1 -85 /Buckhorn Road Economic Development <br />Activity Node, and identified on Tax Map 44, Cheeks Township, as parcel <br />2A. <br />BACKGROUND: The subject property is owned by James and Patricia LaTorre and is <br />located on the north side of West Ten Road approximately 0.5 mile west of <br />Bushy Cook Road (SR 1137) and approximately 1.25 miles east of <br />Buckhorn Road (SR 1114). <br />The applicants purchased the property in August, 1994, as an existing "U- <br />Pick" Berry Farm. The applicants' written statement, submitted as part of <br />the application, indicates that the applicants have tried to market the <br />subject property for commercial development and cannot find any <br />interested clients because of the lack of public infrastructure (water and <br />sewer) needed to attract large industrial or commercial enterprises. The <br />applicants are requesting Secondary Development Area designation for <br />the subject property. <br />