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2 <br />Parcel Identification Number <br />PIN) Acres Owner <br />9854-07-4304 6.1 John Lindsa Efland III <br />9854-16-1576 90.73 Efland Sim son Heirs <br />9854-36-1253 2.02 Andrew B. Llo d, Jr. <br />9854-05-1970 4.58 De artment of Trans ortation <br />9854-46-6706 (partial) 8.92 of 206.38 acre <br />arcel Andrew B. Lloyd, Jr. <br />This proposed rezoning is related to aCounty-initiated Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element Map <br />amendment to change the land use category in a portion of this area from Agricultural Residential to <br />Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node (also heard at the May 23, 2011 Quarterly Public <br />Hearing). The area subject to the Land Use Element Map amendment was formerly part of the <br />Upper Eno Watershed Critical Area but was removed from critical area designation in 2010. <br />The surrounding area is zoned as shown on the map in Attachment 2. There is existing LC-1 <br />(Local Commercial), NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial), EC-5 (Existing Commercial), and I-2 <br />(Medium Industrial) in the immediate vicinity as well as R-1 (Rural Residential) and AR <br />(Agricultural Residential) zoning. <br />Public Hearing: At the public hearing, two of the affected property owners and a representative <br />for an additional property owner spoke in favor of the rezoning. An adjacent property owner <br />questioned whether his existing mobile home park would "transition" into something else. A <br />Board member questioned whether rezoning the parcel owned by the Department of <br />Transportation (DOT) would enable direct access onto the Interstate access road. The draft <br />minutes for the May 23, 2011 Quarterly Public Hearing are included in Attachment 4. <br />Staff response: Existing adjacent and nearby uses will not be changed by this rezoning. The <br />existing mobile home park can continue as a mobile home park under the terms contained in the <br />Unified Development Ordinance and the current zoning of the mobile home park is not affected <br />by this proposed rezoning. Because the mobile home park in question pre-dates the adoption of <br />zoning regulations, it cannot be expanded without obtaining the approvals required for mobile <br />home parks. <br />The DOT parcel is included in the rezoning proposal because it is Orange County zoning <br />practice to extend zoning boundaries to the centerlines of adjacent roadways. Changing the <br />zoning of parcels owned by DOT does not change DOT policies regarding roadway or driveway <br />access to public streets. The narrow parcel does not meet any standards for development. <br />Planning Director's Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends approval of this <br />rezoning based on the following: <br />A. Th a rezoning is consistent, or will be consistent, with the adopted Comprehensive Plan <br />which designates the parcels as Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node. If the <br />associated Land Use Element map amendment is not approved by the BOCC, this <br />rezoning will not be acted upon by the BOCC as scheduled because it would not be <br />consistent with the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br />B. Th a rezoning is consistent with various Principles, Goals, and Objectives, of the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan (see section B of Attachment 1). <br />