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_. <br />_. __ <br />STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY <br />OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 153A-341 <br />REGARDING A APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY ZONING <br />ATLAS FOR <br />CIiARLES AND NANCY HELGEVOLD <br />Orange County has received and reviewed a Zoning Atlas Petition, submitted by Charles and Nancy <br />Helgevold, (the "Applicant") to amend the Orange County Zoning Atlas to rezone a portion of their <br />property located at 214 Phelps Road in the following manner: <br />1. Rezone a 46,500 square foot portion of property from Existing Commercial Five (EC-5) to <br />Agricultural Residential (AR), and <br />2. Rezone a 46,500 square foot portion of property, currently utilized to support a commercial <br />landscaping operation, from AR to EC-5 <br />The parcel is identified more particularly in the application for amendment submitted by the Applicant. <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners has determined that the amendment requested, if <br />approved, will be consistent with Orange County's adopted Comprehensive Plan and the Board of <br />Commissioners proposed action on the amendment applied for is reasonable and in the public interest <br />for the following reasons: <br />1) The proposed Amendment will allow for the development of a parcel of property within the <br />County consistent with existing overall policies and development strategies embodied within <br />the Orange County Comprehensive Plan, specifically: <br />a. The proposed Amendment will eliminate anon-residential zoning designation on a <br />parcel of real property where there currently is no non-residential land use in <br />operation consistent with the policies and goals of the Orange County Comprehensive <br />Plan, <br />b. The proposed Amendment will rezone a portion of an existing parcel of real property <br />to an appropriate non-residential zoning designation consistent with the policies and <br />goals of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan <br />c. The proposed Amendment will allow for the continued use of the property consistent <br />with the land use category designation identified for the area within the Orange <br />County Comprehensive Plan. <br />Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this 19th day of May, 2009. <br />Ayes: ~p ~, i~,/.~(.e~•-r. - c~`1'''`'r`~ <br />Donna Baker; <br />