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close the Public Hearing and refer the application to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no sooner than May 4, 1999. VOTE: UNANIMOUS b) Z-01-99 Armin Lieth This item was presented by Planner Karen Lincoln for the purpose of receiving evidence and citizen comment on the proposed rezoning of portions of two lots in the White Cross community, Bingham Township, from R-1, Rural Residential, to LS-1, Local Commercial, and NC-2 Neighborhood Commercial. The applicant is proposing to rezone 4.0 acres of an 11.5 acre lot from R-1 to NC-2; to rezone 2.5 acres of that same lot from R-1 to LC-1 and to rezone 1.5 acres of another 11.5 acre lot from R-1 to LC-1. The subject property is located on the south side of NC Highway 54 West approximately 0.28 miles west of Butler Road and approximately 0.265 miles east of White Cross Road. The property is zoned R-1, Rural Residential. The southern halves of the two lots are zoned HAW-PW, Haw River Protected Watershed Overlay District. Approximately 2.0 acres of the area proposed to be rezoned to LC-1 are within the HAW-PW Overlay District. None of the area proposed to be rezoned to NC-2 is within the HAW-PW Overlay District. Surrounding land uses are residential with commercial uses to the northwest, west and east along N.C. Highway 54. Oak Hollow Subdivision and Westbrook Subdivision are located across N.C. Highway 54 to the north and northeast of the subject property. Sturdivants Tire and Auto is adjacent to the property on the east; Piedmont Feed and Supply, a B.P. Station, and Fabric Showroom Superior Furniture Upholstery are located on the south side of N.C. Highway 54 to the west; White Cross School which houses N.C. Writers Network, the White Cross Community Art Space, IS] & Rhythms II, Cathy Kiffney and Akido, Video Plus, a hardware and paint store, Woodworking Co-op and a seafood restaurant are on the north side of N.C. Highway 54 to the northwest. According to the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, Article IV, Sections 4.2.8 b)4. and 4.2.9 b)4. the maximum amount of land zoned LC-1 at any node shall not exceed nine acres, and the maximum amount of land zoned NC-2 at any node shall not exceed nine acres; however, in rural areas where population density is lower and distributed more widely than in the Transition area, the maximum amount of land zoned LC-1 and the maximum amount of land zoned NC-2 shall not exceed 5 acres. Within the White Cross Rural Community Node there are five (5) acres of land zoned for Local Commercial (LC-1) uses and 5.01 acres of land zoned for Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2) uses. There are also existing commercially zoned areas within the White Cross Rural Community Node. In December, 1995, a proposal to rezone a 4.71 acre lot within the White Cross Rural Community Node from an Agricultural Residential Zoning District to an Agricultural Services District triggered opposition from surrounding property owners who opposed increasing commercial uses in the area. The sentiment from the residents was that no changes were wanted that would provide for more non-residential development. Thus, that area was eliminated when proposed economic development districts were recommended QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Commissioner Jacobs asked if the White Cross Small Area Plan was ever programmed? County Manager Link replied that it has been delayed because of lack of staff. It is an item for future work when the Planning Department is fully staffed. QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE PLANNING BOARD: None. QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS: Tom Whisant, a local property owner and a partner in the ownership of the White Cross Q:119990221d.c