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026 <br /> • Zoning was adopted for Cheeks Township on October 1, 1984. <br /> • The EC-5 zoning district is applied only in previously unzoned <br /> townships to accommodate existing commercial uses not located <br /> within Activity Nodes designated in the Land Use Element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan. <br /> • The proposed zoning lot is located outside an Activity Node in a <br /> Ten-year Transition Area designated in the Land Use Element. <br /> • The Bradley Company began operations on the premises in 1961, <br /> some 23 years prior to adoption of zoning for Cheeks Township. <br /> • The company was incorporated in 1981. <br /> • The company grades properties in preparation for construction. <br /> builds driveways and roads, and installs and services septic <br /> systems. <br /> • Existing land uses surrounding the proposed zoning lot are: <br /> To the North - Mobile home park on the premises and woods <br /> To the West - Woods, pasture, and cropland <br /> To the South - Pasture and US 70 <br /> To the East - Pasture, family residence, woods, and mobile <br /> home park on the premises <br /> • Air photos of 1974, 1979, 1987, 1991, and 1996, show that the <br /> business has consistently been located on about three acres along <br /> the western property line, approximately 420 feet to the north of <br /> US 70. <br /> • In January 1997, the corporation applied for a building permit in <br /> to construct an equipment shelter. The application was not <br /> accepted because the property is zoned R-1. <br /> RECONEWENDATION: <br /> Article 20.3.3 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance requires that the <br /> Zoning Officer's recommendations be presented to the Planning Board <br /> within 30 days of receipt of the applications. The 30-day period may be <br />