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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 070 <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date October 5. 19$7 <br /> Action nda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: LUP-1 -87 CHANDLER CONCRETE COMPANY - LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes K No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br /> Application Materials <br /> Copy of "Procedures for Amending <br /> the Land Use Plan" <br /> Locational Criteria <br /> Memo to Marvin Collins <br /> Town of Hillsborough 8/10/87 Comments <br /> Draft 8-24-87 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Draft 9-21 -87 Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS : <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> PURPOSE : Consideration of an application for an amendment to the <br /> Orange County Land Use Plan. <br /> This item was presented at public hearing on August 24, <br /> 1987 . <br /> BACKGROUND: On October 10, 1985 , Chandler Concrete Company was granted a <br /> secondary Land Use Plan amendment, Planned Development <br /> rezoning and Class A Special Use Permit for 1 .41 acres of <br /> land on N. C. Highway 10. The request was prompted by State <br /> mandated requirements to contain runoff from the existing <br /> concrete plant. <br /> An adjoining property owner subsequently challenged Orange <br /> County ' s approval in court. On December 12, 1986, the court <br /> ruled that the Special Use Permit was invalid since the <br /> applicant did not meet the required two-acre minimum lot <br /> size standard, and since evidence had not been presented to <br /> indicate the project would maintain the value of existing <br /> properties in the area . The effect of the court ruling was <br /> to place Chandler Concrete Company in violation of the <br /> Orange County Zoning Ordinance. <br /> To correct its nonconforming status, Chandler Concrete is <br /> requesting that the Ten-Year Transition Area and Commercial - <br /> Industrial Activity Node be expanded by an additional 0.59 <br /> acres . Combined with the 1 .41 acres currently in the same <br />