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073 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date February 27, 1989 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # 3-kD <br /> SUBJECT: LUP-2-89 ENO-2 COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL NODE <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING _X_Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> - Analysis of Proposed Amendment David Stencil, Extension 566 <br /> - Public Notice Gene Bell, Extension 565 <br /> - Agency comments <br /> - 8-22-88 PH Minutes <br /> - 1-3-89 BOCC Minutes TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill - 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment <br /> 410 of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: The area in question contains six lots and a portion <br /> of another north of the Interstate 85/U.S. 70 <br /> interchange in eastern Eno Township near the Durham <br /> County line. The 25.44-acre area fronts on Interstate <br /> 85, but it is accessed by Laurel Ridge Road and <br /> Pleasant Green Road. The Eno River is located less <br /> than 1/4-mile to the north. The proposed amendment, if <br /> approved, would change the Land Use Element <br /> designation on the property from Rural Residential to <br /> 20-Year Transition. <br /> Comprehensive Plan amendments adopted for Eno Township <br /> on July 5, 1988 and staff-initiated rezonings to <br /> promote consistency with the Land Use Element of the <br /> Plan would have changed the zoning on Mr. Johnny <br /> Kennedy's property from GC-4, the classification it <br /> has had since 1981, to EC-5. <br /> The Board of Commissioners withheld a decision on the <br /> property at its December 20, 1988 meeting following <br /> comments by Mr. Kennedy's attorney that it was his <br /> understanding that the property was in the activity <br /> node and was correctly zoned. The Planning Staff was <br /> directed to investigate the node status of the <br /> property and report back to the Commissioners at their <br />