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149 <br />2. Analysis <br />As required under Section 2.3.9 of the Orange County Unified Development <br />Ordinance, the Planning Director is required to: `cause an analysis to be made of the <br />application and, based upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for <br />consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners'. In <br />analyzing this proposal, the following information is offered: <br />1. The adjacent and eastern area in question is predominately zoned <br />Agricultural Residential (AR) and is located within the Agricultural <br />Residential Land Use Category as detailed within the <br />Comprehensive Plan, <br />2. Field inspections have been conducted by staff verifying that there <br />do not appear to be any existing land uses inconsistent with the <br />aforementioned zoning or land use categories. In one instance, <br />staff determined there is a private recreational facility (i.e. a <br />swimming pool) for members use only on a parcel slated for <br />inclusion within the County's planning jurisdiction. Staff has <br />determined that the use of property closely resembles a <br />Recreational Facility, Non - profit, as defined within the UDO, which <br />Js a permitted use of property within the AR zoning district subject <br />to the issuance of a Class B Special Use Permit. Given the <br />wording to Section 8.6 of the UDO, the use will be considered a <br />conforming use of property. <br />3. Staff did not find any other non - residential land uses on property <br />that could qualify for zoning as Existing Commercial Five (EC -5) as <br />detailed within Section 3.4 of the UDO. <br />In order to be consistent with the existing development patterns in the area, <br />staff is recommending that all subject properties be zoned AR and assigned <br />the Agricultural Residential Land Use Category consistent with the provisions <br />of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />3. Comprehensive Plan Linkage (i.e. Principles, Goals and Objectives) <br />This project is a house keeping item necessitated by the change in the Orange- <br />Alamance County line location, incorporating properties formally located in Alamance <br />County or portions of properties located in Orange and Alamance. <br />In analyzing this proposal, the following Comprehensive Plan goals are offered <br />justifying the request: <br />Land Use Overarchinq Goal: Coordination of the amount, location, pattern and <br />designation of future land uses, with availability of County services and <br />facilities sufficient to meet the needs of Orange County's population and <br />3 <br />