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UUr <br />All surrounding properties lie within Orange County's jurisdiction and <br />are zoned ARCANE-PW) Agricultural-Residential (Cane Creek <br />Protected Watershed). <br />The requested rezoning has been initiated to accommodate the <br />establishment of an agricultural service business permitted by the Orange <br />County Zoning Ordinance and to implement the Land Use Element of <br />the adopted Comprehensive Plan which categorizes the property as <br />Agricultural-Residential. In accordance with the Land Use Element, the <br />proposed zoning lot is situated within an area zoned as Agricultural- <br />Residential. <br />The intent of AS zoning is to provide sites in rural areas for rural non- <br />farm, non-residential uses which support horticultural, silvicultural, and <br />agricultural purposes of AR districts. Application criteria state that this <br />district will usually be employed where the following conditions exist: <br />1. The site is within an area designated by the adopted Land Use <br />Element of the Comprehensive Plan as Agricultural-Residential. <br />(No change in the Comprehensive Plan is required.) <br />2. The lot size for individual uses would be appropriate to water <br />supply and sewage disposal. <br />3. Normally, the maximum amount of land zoned Agricultural <br />Service would be no more than ten acres. <br />The Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan shows the McAdams <br />property as Agricultural-Residential. This category pertains to rural <br />areas where prevailing activities (agriculture, forestry) are related to the <br />land in an appropriate location for the continuation of these uses. <br />Therefore, the proposed rezoning to AS would be consistent with the <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />For any proposed development of the subject property, the following <br />requirements apply: <br />1. The front building setback must be 50 feet; <br />2. The side and rear building setbacks must be 20 feet; <br />,. - , t <br />3. The maximum impervious surface shall be no more than 12 <br />percent, including all structure "footprints," paved and graveled <br />driveways, aprons, and all compacted outside storage areas; and <br />