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tiu; <br />1 The parcels are undeveloped and without an assigned street address but are located east and <br />2 south of the USA Dutch property at 3604 Southern Drive. <br />3 <br />4 Planning Board member Lisa Stuckey left at 7:43 pm. <br />5 Michael Harvey reviewed the following PowerPoint Slides: <br />6 <br />7 ZONING ATLAS (MAP) AMENDMENT <br />8 BACKGROUND <br />9 PIN(S) — 9844 -87 -7368 and 9844 -86 -7573. <br />10 Size of Parcel(s) — Total is approximately 16 acres. <br />11 Future Land Use Element Map Designation — Commercial Industrial Transition Activity <br />12 Node <br />13 Growth Management System Designation -- Urban. <br />14 Existing Conditions — Properties are undeveloped with varying topography and <br />15 vegetation. <br />16 Access -- The smaller property has direct access onto Southern Drive. <br />17 REQUEST: <br />18 • Applicant (Keizer) owns adjacent metal fabrication business at 3604 Southern Drive. <br />19 • Applicant looking to expand existing operation. <br />20 Wishes to have both parcels rezoned to allow for expansion. <br />21 FUTURE LAND USE MAP: <br />22 COMMERCIAL /INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION: <br />23 Per approved Comprehensive Plan area `appropriate for retail and other commercial <br />24 uses and /or manufacturing and other industrial uses'. <br />25 County did not eliminate all residential zoning in the area when land use category <br />26 created /adopted so individuals could still make use of property. <br />27 Area is intended to support non - residential development including industrial (i.e. <br />28 manufacturing). <br />29 STAFF ASSESSMENT: <br />30 The application is complete. <br />31 The property is of sufficient size. <br />32 Rezoning consistent with the Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Growth <br />33 Management System Map, and adopted Efland Mebane Small Area Plan, <br />34 Represents logical extension of existing 1 -1 district. <br />35 Existing vegetation near interstate and around existing stream will have to be preserved. <br />36 The applicant will have to plant additional vegetation to satisfy land use buffer <br />37 requirement of 100 feet per Section 6.8.6 (F) of UDO. <br />38 Sheet metal fabrication is a permitted use of property in the 1 -1 zoning district. <br />39 Expansion would be reviewed /acted upon by staff with the submission of a site plan per <br />40 Section 2.5 of the UDO. <br />41 RECOMMENDATION: <br />42 1. Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be <br />43 returned to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the November 5, 2013 <br />44 BOCC regular meeting. <br />45 2. Adjourn the public hearing until November 5, 2013 in order to receive and accept the <br />46 Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />im <br />