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r' �.�... - _ ------:-==-.-----_• .�;�_ �-�=-_:...- -_ - -._.:-? -_ ��a - � :_.=,: -��..�--y PAGE.�1,7._�� ima . . .._ prox tely 1500 acres in an area roughly bounded . , = - _ - --"by._Palmers_Grove Road on-the _west,--US "70_ on the --.• - - - -- - -•=south,°:-Pleasant Green -Road -on the east,--and an AT&T - - 7-:-. - - -- _.,easement on-=the-north;:-excluding-Brigadoon 2--,,_•--..1.- __ 5 4,-._~: -,-; -,:::_:;%:. • • ,Subdivision,_-.is .proposed to_be changed .from-R-1 ='=�,`_'_ __ :6: _ -_ _-= - -- -=Residential to -Agricultural Residential:': -The change - _-7: _-__ _=' - i.n_the land;use. plan that__led -to this-_,P --- ` 8 '_ _ :{ _` involved 'a slower:growth.:rate_.than-other_:rural _�-=,: s �• 9-777-7-.-,-: - - --portions'of-the township:rer+s1-a_desire=to�use roads-�_ =_==-- - - 10=- - __ -__ ;rather-than-:easements-es--district:boundaries the- 7- 1 IT -- =-------:-L----- _'fourth=change would be to rezone Whispering Pines -- . _.. :=` 12 ._-: - _ -= _ ---:: Subdivision from-R-1:Residential to_R-2 Reside ntial. , __ • 13 ` -. :� .._ ... :_. Whispering Pines was built prior'to zoning in--Eno - ' _ " 14 _- -- Township`-at lot -sizes=less-than-the current R-1 -;- ' - --= -- 15-r_ _ -_ __-`-__ zoning•making-.the=area=non=confon ing.=T1 i R change -_------=-7 - - 16 - --- °- =-`--would-eliminate -the 'non-conforming designation. "=-• -. -_==-:- 17 _ _� . -_ -- = Even.though =lot -sizes are only required to be -20,000—.7,--.= 18 :_- -_ -i .._.,- ` `-.square.-feet-in R--2, as opposed to--40,000. square feet 19 : _ - - _ - .- -in R=1; the subdivision is fully platted and almost--T . 20 -. - - - -- - _-`fully developed reducing the impact of the •zoning_ - _- _ . change on the-area.-• - -. --- -.. - ___ - - .-- •.. 23 ._ A total of four •commercial=properties are proposed .-• -.-__.. 24 ' ' for changes, all downzoning. -•• None are located in -an _ ..7-._ 25 activity node and one is currently, vacant.-- _-. . 26 - -..- 27 - The three parcels north of I-85 -and east-of Pleasant -'--- . Green Road totalling 10.14 acres which are no longer in the activity node whose boundaries were altered III in the 1988 amendments is proposed to change from 31 . • General Commercial-4 to Existing Commercial-5. 32 . _ .,_ 33 • Finally, a portion of one parcel on the north side 34 of St. Mary's Road, totaling approximately one acre, 35 is proposed to be changed from Existing Commercial-5 - 36 to Agricultural Residential (AR) . The property is 37 no longer a commercial use. . 38 39 Planning Board Member, Sharlene Pilkey, asked the 40 rationale for changing 1500 acres from R-1 to AR. 41 Torgan responded that it is currently taxed as 42 forestland under the Use Value Taxation Program 43 rather than at market value under the County's . 44 existing program. Pilkey asked if this property was 45 being considered for a possible landfill. Torgan 46 responded that the consultants working on the 47 landfill project had requested information on 48 several properties in the County and that was one of 49 them. - 50 • ' 51 • Public Comments - - - 52 Pete Dubose, Jr. stated that a 15-acre tract adjacent to the Brigadoon Subdivision proposed to be 56 . 57 • - 58 59 -