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11 <br /> TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> DATE: October 5, 1999 <br /> PAGE: Two <br /> TRAFFIC COUNT: The latest NCDOT average daily traffic count for Sawmill Road was <br /> 800 taken in 1995 at the intersection of NC 86. <br /> COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION: Agricultural-Residential <br /> (Little River Watershed) <br /> EXISTING ZONING: AR(LITTLE-PW) —Agricultural-Residential (Little River <br /> Protected Watershed) zoned in accordance with the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan <br /> REQUESTED ZONING: AS(LITTLE-PW) —Agricultural Service (Little River Protected <br /> Watershed) <br /> AS DISTRICT DEFINITION, INTENT, AND PERMITTED USES: <br /> Sec. 4.2.24 AGRICULTURAL SERVICE(AS) DISTRICT <br /> DEFINITION <br /> Commercial activities offering goods and services which support production of <br /> agricultural products or processing of those products to make them marketable. <br /> Examples include, but are not limited to, soil preparation, animal and farm <br /> management, landscaping and horticultural services, specialized commercial <br /> horticulture, specialized animal husbandry, biocide services, retail sales of farm/garden <br /> products, supplies and equipment, equipment rental and repair service, tack shop, <br /> farmer, blacksmith, welding shops, facilities for animal shows, animal sales and <br /> auctions, agriculture-based clubemeeting halls, storage and processing plants for <br /> agricultural products including wineries and canneries. <br /> INTENT <br /> The purpose of the AS Agricultural Service District is to provide sites in the rural portion <br /> of the County for rural non-farm, non-residential uses which support the horticultural, <br /> silvicultural, and agricultural uses of the AR Agricultural-Residential districts. The AS <br /> district is usually applied where the following conditions exist. <br /> 1. The site is within areas designated by the adopted Land Use Element of <br /> the Comprehensive Plan as Agricultural-Residential, <br /> 2. Lot sizes for individual uses are appropriate to the method of water supply <br /> and sewage disposal, and <br /> 3. Normally, the maximum amount of land zoned AS at any location shall not <br /> exceed ten acres. <br />