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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 5, 2013 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -a <br />SUBJECT: Baldwin Zoning Atlas Amendment— Public Hearing Closure and Action (No <br />Additional Comments Accepted) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />1. Vicinity Map <br />2. May 28, 2013 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />Legal Advertisement <br />3. Ordinance Approving Rezoning Petition <br />4. Ordinance Denying Rezoning Petition <br />5. Resolution Concerning Statement of <br />Consistency with Comprehensive Plan <br />6. Resolution Concerning Statement of <br />Inconsistency with Comprehensive Plan <br />7. Excerpt of Approved May 28, 2013 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing Minutes <br />8. Excerpt of Approved June 5, 2013 <br />Planning Board Minutes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, (919) 245 -2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director, (919) 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: To receive the Planning Board recommendation, close the public hearing, and <br />make a decision on an owner - initiated Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone a 3.36 acre parcel of <br />property from EDE -1 (Economic Development Eno Lower Intensity) to EDE -2 (Economic <br />Development Eno Higher Intensity) in accordance with the provisions of the Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO). <br />As a reminder, the reconvening of this hearing is solely to receive the Planning Board <br />recommendation and any additional written evidence submitted since the May 28, 2013 <br />Quarterly Public Hearing. This hearing is not intended to solicit additional input from the public <br />or the applicant. While the BOCC may ask staff questions related to the review of a given item, <br />comments from the public shall not be solicited. <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the May 28, 2013 Quarterly Public Hearing. Staff <br />indicated the applicant sought the rezoning believing the EDE -2 zoning designation was more <br />appropriate for the property given its frontage along US Highway 70 and represented a logical <br />extension of the existing district. Please refer to Attachment 1 for a vicinity map showing the <br />subject parcel. <br />During the hearing the following questions were asked: <br />