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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ef),R ' C�ao4 ° Z) 99 fi <br />AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 20, 2006 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.1 <br />SUBJECT: Gilmour Zoning Atlas Amendment (Rezoning) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Rezoning Application <br />2. Legal Description <br />3. Location Map <br />4. GIS Map of Property with zoning <br />5. List of Adjacent Property Owners <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Name Phone Number <br />Craig Benedict, Director 245 -2592 <br />Robert P Davis, Planner III 245 -2580 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner II 245 -2607 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a petition submitted by Brian and Lydia Gilmour to <br />rezone a portion of their property at 6500 Yarborough Road (TMBL 3.54..2A) from Existing <br />Commercial -V (EC -5) to Agricultural Residential (AR). <br />BACKGROUND: The Gilmour property, approximately seventeen (17) acres in area, is located <br />within the Cheeks Township, is zoned both AR and EC -5, and is within the Haw Creek <br />Unprotected Watershed. The EC -5 zoned portion of the property is approximately nine tenths <br />(0.9) of an acre with direct frontage along Yarborough Road. <br />The Orange County Land Use Element defines Yarborough Road as a Major Local road, <br />meaning that it is primarily designed to serve as access to adjacent land uses and that the <br />majority of traffic in the area is locally generated. The total tract acreage and the petitioned <br />property is designated Agricultural Residential on the Orange County Land Use Element Map. <br />EC -5 is a commercial zoning district that was created to allow commercial uses, located outside <br />of designated commercial nodes, that were in operation at the time the County adopted <br />comprehensive zoning regulations to be considered conforming uses of property. <br />The EC -5 portion of the Gilmour's property is vacant and in reviewing the history of the <br />property's use with the applicant, staff has discovered that there has never been a commercial <br />land use on the property. According to the applicants they have no intention or interest in <br />developing a commercial use on their property and would like to have the EC -5 portion of their <br />property rezoned to AR. <br />�� <br />„; <br />,. i. .. Oitt )it S ...:;F ..i)is.`!i:?.'�. €E i 'f.-..:R?£).'ithuC iz::a ^;i�gc•ivi:: is 2i'iidia;:ne:r tir ii *s luae�ir: � u.:::.:Tet rit; �?;xtr:::;� :,;aJrcn;i 'v:rn 0 i >; ii. <br />