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92 <br />~~T t3 <br />1 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />S <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />1~ <br />~.3 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />t~ <br />19 <br />~~ <br />21 <br />22 <br />~3 <br />Z4 <br />25 <br />26 <br />~7 <br />2~ <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />3Z <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />3~ <br />37 <br />3S <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />4~ <br />43 <br />44 <br />45 <br />46 <br />47 <br />4S <br />respond to a development proposal for the parcel ~ including a rezoning using a <br />conditional district. <br />~~!e learned instead that the meeting ~~-as intended to explore nptinnS to r?znnP th? area <br />--and has invited the neighbors and the developer to participate. we appreciate <br />Garrboro making an effort to hear tram neighbors prio~~ to any specific development <br />proposals being offered. <br />Time gill tell it these advanced planning steps veil[ lead to development processes that <br />aye less contentious, but this is at least a step in the right direction. <br />~~ea~er ~A ~r6or~t[es ~®~ Phase ~ ~~ran~ T®~zo~~na~ <br />we support economic development in the EDDs and zoning in the rural areas <br />that supports rural character and the comprehensive plan. As you know, the rural <br />community is regularly threatened by unwanted municipal development and sprawl, <br />As the county pursues the EDDs, please assure us that the planning dept and the <br />planning board will work with the rural community on these high priority, zoning issues: <br />Conditional districts that align with the comprehensive plan and that enhance rural <br />character including: <br />Agricultural Support Enterprises -to help make our fiarm economy vibrant and <br />sustainable. <br />Airport zoning that tightens county control over the risk of continued attempts to <br />site an airport in Grange County after Horace Williams closes, <br />Small Area Plans for gingham, Cedar Grove and other rural areas building on the <br />work that's been done in Efland and Orange County Speedway <br />Foundation changes that we've already brought to your attention including: <br />Excluding government or municipal uses from residential zoning. <br />Increasing notification distances for rural areas. Soo feet and adjacent properties <br />are insufficient <br />Establishing lighting, noise and traffic impacts thatfiit the rural areas <br />Eliminating landfiills, which are not permitted by resolution, firarn our zoning. <br />~pea~e~ ~q ~umma~ ~T~s6~ GaGu~ <br />Thank you for listening to our organized comments on the UDG. Again ~- we <br />appreciate the workthat has gone into the UDG and hope that the Board, the Planning <br />Board and the county staff appreciate the work that the citizens have done to understand <br />the UDG and its implications tar our communities. <br />we appreciate that there's a strong push to approve the UDG qu'[ckly ~- but in its <br />current form, it leaves the rural community vulnerable to random sprawl and <br />incompatible development. <br />iNe hope that you will pursue some of the options that have been offered to correct the <br />shortcomings in the ordinance, and better align it to the comprehensive plan. , <br />Above all, please ask the planning board and the planning department to find a <br />way to change the ordinance so that conditional zones designed for the EDDs cannot <br />"float" into the rural areas. It it makes sense, design a new conditional zone for the rural <br />areas and define conditions that are compatible with rural character and u,nder[ying land <br />use. <br />