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' S <br /> INFORMATION ATTACHED IN SUPPORT OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGING THE <br /> ZONING ATLAS BY NEAL D. TAPP & BETTY CANNON TAPP <br /> c. (3) The adopted Land Use Plan recommends that the property which is the subject <br /> of this petition be developed in the future as "Rural Buffer." The property is currently <br /> zoned Neighborhood Commercial-2. The proposed rezoning seeks to rezone a portion <br /> of the existing commercial node to the rezoning recommended and called for by the <br /> Land Use Plan. <br /> c. (4) The stated purpose of the Rural Buffer zoning district is to allow rural residential, <br /> agricultural and silvicultural uses in order to buffer more intense development. The <br /> permitted or special uses listed in table 4.3 are all low density uses using relatively <br /> small amounts of services. The uses are residential, government, utilities, parks, <br /> communications, clubs, lodges, kennels and golf courses. The proposed land use is a <br /> non-residential utility-type use. No water or sewer service will be required. No staff will <br /> be permanently stationed at the site; about five maintenance trips per month are <br /> average. Contrast this land use with the purpose of the NC-2 district, which is to allow <br /> limited commercial uses to serve rural and neighborhood populations with convenience <br /> goods and personal services. The NC-2 district is the opposite of the RB district in that <br /> it encourages traffic and utility intensive uses such as service stations, banks, research <br /> facilities, retail uses, restaurants and so on. The proposed use of this property clearly <br /> meets the purpose and intent of the RB zoning district, not the NC-2 district. <br />