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oo~ <br />i - ~, <br />4. A 75- to 100-foot Land Use Buffer adjacent to residential uses is <br />required, depending upon the use proposed. <br />Comments have been received from the Fire Marshal, 911, the Sheriff, <br />and Piedmont Electric Membership Corporation stating that the uses <br />permitted in an AS zoning district at this location can be served. <br />The application for the rezoning of the tract from AR Agricultural- <br />Residential to AS Agricultural Service has been reviewed by Planning <br />Staff. Findings required by Article 20.3 of the Zoning Ordinance follow: <br />1. There was no error made with respect to the property when <br />zoning was adopted for Bingham Township on September 2, <br />1981. <br />2. The property was zoned AR on September 2, 1981, in <br />accordance with the Comprehensive Plan. <br />3. Rezoning the property to AS would be compatible with the <br />stipulations set forth for the Agricultural-Residential plan <br />category use given in the Comprehensive Plan. The Plan would <br />~ need to be amended to accommodate AS zoning. <br />4. Seventeen uses are permitted by right in the AS Zoning District. <br />Three require a Class A Special Use Permit with approval of the <br />Board of County Commissioners, and five require a Class B <br />Permit with approval of the Board of Adjustment. Any of these <br />uses, either by right or under special conditions, could be <br />allowed on the proposed zoning tract. Lists of AS uses are given <br />in the General Information Memorandum to the Board of County <br />Commissioners and the Planning Board of April 16, 1998, which <br />is attached. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />The Zoning Officer recommends approval of the rezoning based on <br />attached findings. <br />No decision on the application is made by either the Planning Board or <br />Board of County Commissioners at the public hearing. Instead, the <br />