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ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date AuVa 25. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item# C3 b(1&2) <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Agricultural Service Districts <br /> Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table <br /> Article 22 Definitions <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING& INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_2�_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Extension 2580 <br /> Proposed Amendment TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance pertaining to <br /> uses allowed in the Agricultural Service zoning district. <br /> BACKGROUND: During the last public hearing cycle,two requests were submitted for rezoning to the <br /> Agricultural Service zoning district. One of the applicants intended to build a mini- <br /> warehouse storage facility, a use which is inconsistent with the intent of the AS district <br /> but is included in the list of permitted uses. Several years ago a similar rezoning <br /> request in the White Cross area was denied. The Planning Staff initiated an ordinance <br /> amendment to refine the scope of the Agricultural Service district before more <br /> requests for rezoning are submitted. <br /> When the Zoning Ordinance was first adopted in 1981,the Agricultural Service(AS) <br /> District was included in Article 4 with language that remains unchanged. Since that time <br /> the nature of some of the permitted uses has changed.For example,indoor storage and <br /> warehousing now includes mini-warehouses and other storage uses that may not be <br /> related to agricultural production or processing. <br /> Agricultural Service is the only non-residential zoning district allowed in the <br /> Agricultural-Residential Land Use Plan category outside of activity nodes. In much of <br /> the County's jurisdiction(at least 63%),land may be rezoned to AS without a <br /> Comprehensive Plan amendment.Consequently,it is important to adhere to the intent of <br />