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3 <br /> 1. The application has been deemed complete in accordance with the requirements of <br /> Article Twenty (20) of the Zoning Ordinance. <br /> 2. The properties in question are located within the White Cross Rural Community Activity <br /> Node as denoted on the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Map. <br /> 3. According to the Comprehensive Plan Rural Community Activity Nodes are areas of the <br /> County intended to serve the needs of the surrounding rural community, where numerous <br /> land uses have been deemed appropriate for development including: churches, fire <br /> stations, small post offices, schools, other similar institutional uses and one or more <br /> commercial uses. <br /> 4. The property owner is seeking to rezone one (1) acre of property to NC-2. The <br /> Comprehensive Plan indicates that either LCA or NC-2 zoned property is permitted <br /> within a Rural Community Activity Node subject to the requirements of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance. <br /> 5. According to Section 4.2.9 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, the maximum <br /> amount of land zoned NC-2 permissible within a Rural Community Activity Node is now <br /> ten (10) acres. <br /> It should be noted that according to Section 4.2.8 of the Ordinance, the maximum amount <br /> of land zoned LCA permissible within the Rural Community Activity node is also ten (10) <br /> acres. <br /> 6. In completing an assessment of the existing non-residentially zoned property within the <br /> White Cross Rural Community Activity Node, the Zoning Officer has determined: <br /> a. There is approximately four point two (4.2) acres of existing property zoned Local <br /> Commercial One (LC-1) within the Node, and <br /> b. There is approximately four point five (4.5) acres of existing property zoned <br /> Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2) within the Node. <br /> 7. The Zoning Officer agrees that the request is an acreage expansion of an existing non- <br /> residential land use and is reasonable given the issues relating to the location of the <br /> septic system and further finds that the request is consistent with the requirements of the <br /> Ordinance. <br /> STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Board approve this request based on the <br /> following: <br /> A. Recent amendments to Article Four (4), specifically Sections 4.2.8 and 4.2.9, of the <br /> Ordinance have increased the total cumulative amount of allowable non-residential zoned <br /> property within a Rural Community Activity Node to ten (10) acres of LCA and ten (10) <br /> acres of NC-2. <br /> B. As previously indicated there is already four point two (4.2) acres of existing property <br /> zoned Local Commercial One (LC-1) and four point five (4.5) acres of existing property <br /> zoned Neighborhood Commercial Two (NC-2) within the White Cross Rural Community <br /> Activity Node, and <br /> C. In approving this petition, there will be five point five (5.5) acres of NC-2 zoned property <br /> within the Node leaving a balance of four point five (4.5) acres of allowable NC-2 zoned <br /> property. <br />