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2-23-87 PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES <br /> 1 4• <br /> D RA ET ordinance set a ceiling of four units per acre in a <br /> mobile home park. Rather than use the individual lot <br /> size to control the density, the decision was to made to <br /> allow the zoning district to control. This would <br /> encourage clustering. <br /> Vernon Davis expressed concern that the mobile home park <br /> owner with less density would be required to have as much <br /> open space as one with higher density. He noted that <br /> recreation is determined by people rather than land. <br /> Collins responded that this was a concern expressed by <br /> mobile home park owners as well. He noted that the <br /> recreation facilities must be geared to the needs of the <br /> mobile home park residents. <br /> PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED <br /> 057 4 . ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> Z-1-87 W. E. and Ruby Blackwood (R-1 to LC-1) <br /> Presentation by Marvin Collins. <br /> W. E. and Ruby S. Blackwood are requesting rezoning of a <br /> 2. 0 acre parcel located on the north side of NC 54 <br /> opposite its intersection with White Cross Road (sR <br /> 1952) . The property is known as Lot 9 of Tax Map 30B for <br /> Bingham Township. <br /> The property is located within an area designated <br /> Agricultural Residential and Rural Community Activity <br /> Node in the Orange County Land Use Plan. The present <br /> zoning classification of the property is Agricultural <br /> Residential (AR) . The applicant is requesting the lot to <br /> be rezoned to Local Commercial 1 (LC-1) . <br /> Approval of the request would allow development of the <br /> full range of commercial uses for the LC--1 district at <br /> this location. Properties to the south and west are <br /> currently zoned NC-2 Neighborhood Commercial, comprising <br /> a total of 4.35 acres of land. Rezoning of the property <br /> would allow for the expansion of commercial areas near <br /> the intersection of NC 54 and White Cross Road. <br /> Planning Staff recommends denial due to the fact that the <br /> applicant fails to meet traffic generation criteria for <br /> the LC-1 Local Commercial zoning district; specifically, <br /> uses that are permitted in the LC-1 district have to have <br /> traffic generation of less than 200 vehicles per day from <br /> the site. The site was reviewed, and it was estimated <br /> there were 350 to 450 trips per day based on the building <br /> size indicated in the application. Collins indicated a <br /> positive 'recommendation could be considered, but the <br /> Planning Staff would limit the building area so that no <br /> more than 200 trips per day would result from the site. <br />