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11 3 <br /> 1 <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date May 31, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 0 1 d) <br /> SUBJECT: Z-5-95 PIEDMONT QUALITY ELECTRIC - ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT <br /> DEPARTMENT:PLANNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) :, INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Cameron <br /> Extension 2580 <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Site Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS <br /> Staff Memorandum Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Findings of Fact Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Certificate of Mailing Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-92511968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed Zoning Atlas <br /> Amendment in Cedar Grove Township to correct an error <br /> in the Atlas. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property is located in Cedar Grove Township at the <br /> southeast corner of NC Highway 86 North and Walnut <br /> Grove Church Road (SR 1001) . Adjacent land uses <br /> include a County-operated solid waste convenience <br /> center, a store zoned Neighborhood Commercial, <br /> residential and agricultural land. <br /> The current zoning is Agricultural Residential and <br /> Little River Protected Watershed. The County proposes <br /> to rezone one (1.00) acre to Neighborhood Commercial <br /> to correct an error in the Zoning Atlas which was <br /> discovered by the Planning Staff on April 26. <br /> In August 1993, when zoning was proposed in Cedar <br /> Grove Township, two businesses, the stare and an <br /> electrical contractor's office existed at the site. At <br /> that time, the Planning Staff considered both uses to <br /> be located on the same lot, based on building permit <br /> and tax records. Neighborhood Commercial zoning was <br /> applied to the 1.26-acre lot adjacent to NC 86. <br /> On April 26, 1995, the owner of the electrical <br /> contractor's business visited the Planning and <br /> Inspections Department to apply for a building permit <br /> to add storage area to the existing structure. While <br /> gathering information to .prepare a site plan, the <br />