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Attachment One A (1-A): Planning Staff Analysis and Recommendations -Rezoning BUCKHORN VILLAGE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT -STAFF RECOMIVIENDATION: I. REZONING -ARTICLES TWENTY (20) AND SEVEN (7): REZONING SECTION -OUTLINE: This Section is broken down as follows: 1. Staff background and comment: 2. Staff Recommendation -Rezoning Petition: 3. Staff justification for recommendation: Pages one (1) through four (4) Page four (4) Pages four (4) through twelve (12), and 4. Explanation of Planning Board action: Page twelve (12) APPLICANT REQUEST: The applicant is requesting that the property(s) be rezoned: FROM: Economic Development District (I-85/Buclchron Road EDD) TO: Buckhorn Village Planned Development -Economic Development District (BVPD-ED) ( STAFF BACKGROUND AND COMMENT: The processing of the rezoning request is handled in accordance with the provisions of Article Twenty (20) Amendments of the Ordinance. As part of the review of this request, the Zoning Officer is required to cause an analysis to be made of the application, and based upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration of the request to the Plamiing Board and Board of County Commissioners. Additionally Article Twenty (20) of the Ordinance and North Carolina General Statutes, specifically 153A-341, requires that the review of any and all Zoning Atlas and/or Text amendments by the Planning Board include written comments on the consistency of the proposed amendment with the Orange County Comprehensive Plan and any other relevant plans (i.e. Small Area Plan, a corridor plan, a transportation plan, etc.) that have been adopted by the governing board. Further, as this is a Planned Development rezoning request, the staff is required to make a recommendation on the appropriateness of the request based on criteria outlined within Section 7.5.4 Zoning Officer's Recommendations, specifically: (a) As to the suitability of the proposals for the general type of PD category, the physical characteristics of the land, and relation of the proposed development to surrounding areas and existing and probable future development;