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FINDINGS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />PERTAINING TO <br />APPLICATION: Z -8-89 ENVIROTE , INC. <br />BASED ON THE APPLICATION MATERIAL SUBMITTED, THE PLANNING STAFF <br />RECOMMENDS THAT THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: <br />ARTICLE 20 - SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION /REZONING <br />ARTICLE 20 - SPECIFIC STANDARDS FOR EVALUATION /REZONING ( "1'es" indicates compliance_ "No" indicates Non -com lip �ance <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />FINDINGS BASED BOARD OF <br />ON SUBMITTED COMMISSIONERS <br />APPLICATION EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS <br />Ordinance Requirements <br />The application must comply <br />with all requirements <br />specified in Article 20 - <br />Amendments. Those <br />requirements include: <br />20.3.2 a) Map showing affected `x,Yes No The property is shown on tax map at a Yes No <br />property at scale of not less scale of 1" =400'. This scale is found <br />than 1" =100' nor more than by staff to be appropriate due to the <br />1" =20' size of the property. <br />20.3.2 b) Legal description _x—Yes No Description provided with application Yes No <br />of property <br />20.3.2 c) Explanation of Yes _x_NO The applicant alleges that the existing <br />alleged error, if any, to be ordinance is in error due to: <br />corrected by proposed amendment 1) faiture to recognize impacts of I -40 <br />on adjacent properties <br />2) lack of provision for a variety of <br />residential support services <br />3) inappropriateness of a density of <br />.5 units /acre in areas adjacent to <br />I-40, and lack of flexibility in <br />use to provide a transition between <br />1-40 and residential uses. <br />Planning Staff finds no error in existing <br />ordinance provision because: <br />1) the completion of I-40 through the <br />Rural Buffer was anticipated when the <br />Rural Buffer was adopted, <br />2) residential services are provided <br />within an acceptabLe radius, <br />3) a buffer sufficient to protect <br />residential development from impacts <br />of I -40 can be incorporated into <br />subdivision design. * <br />Yes No <br />14 <br />