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'~ .~:;. Element designation of the property from Rural Residential to 20-year Transition. ,~ Comprehensive Plan amendments adopted for Eno Township on July 5, 1988 and staff- initiated rezonings to promote consistency with the Land Use Element of the Plan would have changed the zoning on Mr. Johnny Kennedy's property from GC-4, the classification it has had since 1981, to EC-5. The Staff analysis presented to the Commissioners at their January 3rd meeting indicated this property was outside the activity node and was incorrectly zoned in 1981. The Staff proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments that would broaden the scope of the EC-S district. Mr. Kennedy was not pleased with this suggestion and was instructed to meet with the Planning Staff to discuss alternatives. At that meeting an amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan was identified as the only alternative which would provide consistency between the Zoning Atlas and the Comprehensive Plan. Mr.Kennedy indicated his approval of this suggestion. The proposed amendment would enlarge the existing 20-Year Transition Area that abuts the area on the south and which includes the other three quadrants of the U.S. 70/I-85 interchange. Property other than that owned by Mr. Kennedy is included in the proposal, since it adjoins the access road which parallels U.S. 70 and I~$5, is in the path of Durham's urban growth corridor, and would result in a uniform expansion of the Transition Area to the south. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OR PLANNING BOARD Commissianer.Hartwell indicated that there appears to be a used car lot on this property and requested clarification as to its exact location of the parcel the cars are located on. Mr. Stancil indicated that there is a residential use near the corner of Pleasant Green Road and U.S. 70. The ten acre tract is currently used by Mr. Kennedy as a school bus repair operation which is a GC4 type use. He was not aware of the presence of a used car operation. There are some commercial uses across Pleasant Green Road such as Su11 City Radiator. Commissioner Halkiotis stated that Mr. Kennedy does not repair school buses, but sells parts.to school systems to repair their own buses. That is the mail order component of the operation. There are seven or eight automobiles and trucks parked in the driveway area as you approach Mr. Kennedy's property. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZENS COMMENTS. Mr. Kennedy clarified that he does have a small used car operation which started out as bus sales but that the Insurance Commissioner stopped that business due to the fact that churches and private institutions are unable to afford the cost of insurance on their buses. The used car lot is to recoup part of the money he was receiving from the used and new bus sales. Kennedy stated that he met with Mr. Collins and his staff about the proposed changes. They agreed with him that the County was in error in thinking that Laural Ridge Road was a private road rather than a public service road which is part of Highway 70. When he got a building permit to build his building he had to go to DOT and give them copies of plans showing that Laural Ridge Road is part of Highway 70 and serves as a service read to that tract of land. Mr. Collin's office admits there was . an error. Kennedy stated he tried to this error corrected last summer. He asked that