Public Hearing Notice for 11-27-1995 Mtg. - Land Use Plan, Zoning Atlas and Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments and Class A Special Use Permit

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White Cross Road, and is known as a portion of parcel 6.30.3M. The property is designated Agricultural Residential in the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. 2. Z-8-95 Jones Concrete REVISE the Orange County Zoning Atlas to rezone 1.54 acres owned by Henry Ernest Jones from AR Agricultural Residential to EC-5 Existing Commercial. The property is located on the west side of NC 86 about 2100 feet north of Carr Store Road, and is known as parcel 2.31.5. The purpose of the request is to correct an error in the Zoning Atlas and recognize that commercial use of the property for a concrete service business existed at the time of the initial zoning of Cedar Grove Township on January 1, 1994. CLASS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT 1. SUP(A)-1-95 Reba and Roses Laura Baldwin requests approval of a Class A Special Use Permit for Non-Residential Use/Mixed Use of a Historic Structure to operate a gift shop within an existing structure previously used for farm use. The property to be included in the Special Use Permit contains about 5 acres identified as portions of lots 5.14..21 and 5.14..21A. The property is located on the west side of Baldwin Road, about 1000 feet north of St. Mary's Road. The current zoning is R-1 Rural Residential and the Land Use Plan designation is Rural Residential. ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS 1. Amend ARTICLE 4.3 PERMITTED USE TABLE to require approval of a Class B Special Use Permit for new telecommunication towers shorter than 200 feet, and approval of a Class A Special Use Permit for new telecommunication towers 200 feet or taller. 2. Amend ARTICLE 8.8.17 RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING TOWERS, AND ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANKS (CLASS B SPECIAL USE) to eliminate reference to and Special Use Permit requirements pertaining to radio and television transmitting and receiving towers. 3. Add ARTICLE 8.8.17a TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS (Special Use Permit application requirements and standards of evaluation) to require provisions which may include the following: setbacks adjacent to residential zoning districts must be equal to the tower height, but may be reduced to 50% of tower height if the remaining distance is included within a fall zone easement on adjoining property; setbacks adjacent to non- residential zoning districts must be equal to at least 50% of the tower height, but a lesser setback may be approved if an engineer certifies the proposed setbacks contain the potential collapse zone; a Type C Land Use Buffer (40 feet in width) must be provided, and existing vegetation may be removed only to the extent necessary; the applicant must provide specific documentation to indicate that efforts to co-locate on an existing tower were unsuccessful; the applicant must provide specific documentation that he/she is willing to allow shared use of the proposed tower; towers must be of a light color that