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ARTICLE 8.2.1 & 8.2.2 - APPLICATION COMPONENTS ( "Will" indicates compliance; "Will Not" indicates non - <br />compliance) <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />In accordance with Article 8.2.1 <br />and 8.2.2 of the Zoning Ordinance, <br />the Board of Adjustment shall also <br />consider the following general <br />conditions before the application <br />for Special Use shall be approved: <br />Article 8.2.1 & 8.2.2 <br />1. The use will maintain or <br />promote the public health, <br />safety and general welfare, <br />if located where proposed <br />and developed and operated <br />according to the plan as <br />submitted. <br />Article 8.2.1 <br />2. The use will maintain or <br />enhance the value of <br />contiguous property (unless <br />the use is a public necessity, <br />in which case the use need <br />not maintain or enhance the <br />value of contiguous property). <br />Article 8.2.1 <br />3. The location and character <br />of the use, if developed <br />according to the plan <br />submitted, will be in harmony <br />with the area in which it is to <br />be located and the use is in <br />compliance with the general <br />plan for the physical develop- <br />ment of the County as embodied <br />in these regulations or in the <br />Comprehensive Plan, or portion <br />thereof, adopted by the Board <br />of County Commissioners. <br />g: Wandev\pd398\43d- 3- 98.fofZ- 26 -99Ud <br />PLANNING <br />BOARD <br />FINDINGS <br />x- - -Will _Will Not <br />Will x Will Not <br />Is x Is Not <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED <br />TO SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />The use is proposed in a <br />20 year transition area <br />with public water and <br />sewer. Roads will meet <br />NCDOT requirements with <br />additional improvements to <br />Lawrence road and US 70A. <br />The submitted application for <br />Environmental Assessment <br />has been received from the <br />State Clearinghouse. <br />26 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS <br />FINDINGS <br />Applicant submitted only <br />A letter by a real estate <br />appraiser indicating that, <br />in his opinion the use will <br />maintain or enhance the value <br />contiguous property. Applicant <br />submitted no actual data nor <br />comparative analysis of values <br />of surrounding properties and <br />homes to support the claim that <br />the development would maintain <br />the value of contiguous property. <br />Will Will Not <br />_Will _Will Not <br />The development will not be in Is Is Not <br />harmony with the surrounding + <br />area because the proposed density <br />is too high to be compatible with <br />existing development. While the <br />proposed density is consistent <br />with that allowed within a 20 -year <br />transition area and this area is <br />designated as a 20 -year transition <br />area in the Comprehensive Plan, <br />the timing is not right for this type <br />of development at this location. <br />