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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 identified properties are already partially assigned a land use and <br />zoning district designation, specifically they are zoned Agricultural <br />Residential (AR) and are located within the Agricultural Residential Land <br />Use Category as detailed within the Comprehensive Plan, <br />2. Field inspections have been conducted by staff verifying that there do not <br />appear to be any existing land uses inconsistent with the aforementioned <br />zoning or land use categories. <br />In order to be consistent with the existing development patterns in the area, and the <br />current zoning /land use designation of the parcels, staff is recommending extending <br />the AR zoning district designation and the Agricultural Residential Land Use <br />Category on those portions of property recently added to our planning jurisdiction. <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. In analyzing this proposal, the following <br />Comprehensive Plan goals are offered justifying the request: <br />Land Use Overarching 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 />economy consistent with other Comprehensive Plan element goals and <br />objectives. <br />• Goal 1: Fiscally and environmentally responsible, sustainable growth, <br />consistent with the provision of adequate services and facilities and a high <br />quality of life. <br />• Goal 2: Land uses that are appropriate to on -site environmental conditions <br />and features, and that protect natural resources, cultural resources, and <br />community character. <br />• Goal 3: A variety of land uses that are coordinated within a program and <br />pattern that limits sprawl, preserves community and rural character, minimizes <br />land use conflicts, supported by an efficient and balanced transportation <br />systems. <br />4. New Statutes and Rules <br />3 <br />