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15U Did very zealous of environmental issues and he did expect they would be very sensitive to community feelings regarding preservation of those buildings. Sylvia Price, Economic Development Director, reed and submitted a statement which is a part of the minutes on pages Planning Board Chair Jacobs asked that a copy of the restrictive covenants be supplied for the Boards. • A motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit and seconded by Commissioner Carey, to refer this item to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be considered by the Board of Commissioners on October 5, 1987. VOTE: UNANIMOUS. Planner Greg Szymik presented for the receipt of proposed request by Charles Miller and Merle Dancy to amendicthemmOrange a County Zoning Atlas. The property is located on the east side of NC Highway 86 north of New Hope Church Road (SR 1723) and south of Old NC 10. The applicants are requesting a rezoning on a portion of lot 1 of Tax Map 2 - Chapel Hill Township. The property that would be rezoned contains 41 ,480 square feet or 0. 95 acres. The current zoning on the property is Rural Residential (R-1 ) . The proposed zoning is Existing Commercial (EC-5 ) . The property is the present site of Autowerks auto repair garage. The area is designated as Rural Residential in the Land Use Plan. The applicants maintain that the existing use was in operation In 1981 when Hillsborough Township was zoned and that an error was made at that time. The property was zoned R-1 and should have been designated Existing Commercial (EC-5) . Szymik continued that it is not clear from the 1961 zoning maps what the intent was for this property. included on the list of properties with inon-conformiingduses. 5 it oIswclear in viewing the existing land use patterns and the existing building patterns that there are no unusual circumstances with regard to this property.. Planning Staff recommends denial of the proposed rezoning for the following reasons: ( 1 ) The rot proposed to be rezoned is totally surrounded by an R-1 residential zone. (2) The iot 1s not located in or near a commercial transition node on the Land Use Plan. The closest node is the Harmon Young node which is 4,400 feet or eight-tenths of a mile north of the property_ (3) The existing use can continue to operate at its present size and do business as a non-conforming use. Planning Board Member Best asked if there was business was in operation before September, 1981 . S proof that the y were attachments in the agenda which would indicate that hutowerksewashein