ORD-2012-036 Ordinance Amending the Zoning Atlas - Eno Economic Development District (EDD) Area Land Use

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Craig Benedict said that he believes there are links to these. He apologized if they were not there. Commissioner Gordon said that some areas are changed for land use regulations but not for zoning and she questioned that. Craig Benedict said that the land use changes just involve area 2 and 3 and the resolutions refer to those areas. The first one is from a commercial node. The second one is a land use change of 130 acres from commercial node to economic development. The third area is 181 acres. These are noted on pages 74 and 75. A motion was made by Commissioner Yuhasz, seconded by Commissioner Hemminger to approve the Resolution Amending the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map as contained within Attachment 14 (pages 74-77). Commissioner Jacobs said that this is inconsistent with Commissioner Gordon's comments. A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to amend Commissioner Yuhasz's motion to delete the area south of the railroad and north of NC 10, which is 95.72 acres. A question was raised concerning which motion should be voted on first. John Roberts said that this is not a friendly amendment. The motion to amend the first motion takes precedence. Commissioner Yuhasz said that the Planning Board has reviewed this and the County Commissioners originally suggested trying to conform the economic development district to the Durham Urban Services Boundary as much as possible. He thinks that the Planning Board recommendation is consistent with what the County Commissioners asked it to do. Commissioner McKee concurred with Commissioner Yuhasz. Commissioner Gordon said that the reason she made the motion is that the County needs to plan this area as it wants it to be used. She said that the land use should not be changed. Commissioner Jacobs said that the Eno EDD was done in a collaborative nature with the citizens over a period of time. He said that public hearings are not a good way to have communication with the public because there is no great interchange. He wants to make sure that the public feels like they have had an adequate say. It has been pretty clear from the comments that people are not comfortable with this. He is in favor of the amendment to the motion. Commissioner Yuhasz said that Orange County is about to make a substantial investment on behalf of all citizens in Orange County in engineering water and sewer into this economic development district. Without an appropriate land use plan in place, the decisions made with regard to how to install this infrastructure will be constraining as a result of an inadequate land use plan. Chair Pelissier called the question. Vote on motion to amend. VOTE: Ayes, 2 (Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Jacobs); Nays, 5 MOTION FAILED Vote on original motion: VOTE: Ayes, 5; Nays, 2 (Commissioner Gordon and Commissioner Jacobs) Commissioner Jacobs said that he thinks that there is no hurry for this, but once again, this Board has hurried to a decision and he thinks the people that live in this area will regret this.