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(I'ts the neighborhood -and rural level. The property sought to be zoned LC -1 will comply with the criteriafor-establishment of this zoning district as set forth in Section 428 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance: 1. The subject property is located within an activity node identified as the BH- i Rural Neighborhood Activity Node, 2. The list of permitted uses from the Zoning Ordinance's Table of Permitted Uses are those which are designed to serve a population at the neighborhood and rural level and would generally not serve commuters or a majority of persons outside the surrounding rural area, These permitted uses, in addition to the performance and design standards of the Ordinance, will insure that no adverse impacts will occur either beyond the immediate space occupied by a building for certain uses or beyond the property boundaries for some other uses. 3. The lot size and configuration is appropriate for the method of water supply and sewage disposal systems necessary for development of the property. 4. The 2.94 acres sought to be zoned LC -1 would be the only property zoned LC -1 in this Rural Neighborhood Activity Node, The Orange County Zoning Ordinance will allow a maximum of five (5.0) acres of land to be zoned LC -1 in an activity node where population density is lower and distributed more widely than in the Transition Area. S. The subject property has approximately 300 feet of frontage on the north side of NC Highway 54 which is designated as an arterial on the adopted Land Use P ]an. This amount of frontage, in addition to the existing horizontal and vertical alignment of NC Highway 54 at this location, will provide safe and direct access from the subject property to this arterial. 4.0 OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES AND FACTORS Water individual supply and n iInndividuaall subsurface sewage provided isposal system on-site Orange of an Health Department completed an initial soil analysis of the subject property on May 13, 1988 and a subsequent soil analysis on February 8, 1989 and found it to be suitable for installation of a conventional subsurface sewage disposal system. The Light Commercial -1 (LC -1) zoning district generally permits uses which are low to medium traffic generators. The volume of traffic generated by development of this property will have no significant impact upon the existing traffic load on NC Highway 54; and existing levels of service on NC 54 will be maintained. The Orange County Sheriffs Department, in a letter dated February 14, 1991, has indicated that they will prom*oJow enforcement services to the subject property without any additional personnel required to serve the general area. The Orange Grove Volunteer Fire Department, in a letter dated February 28, 1991, has confirmed that the subject property is within the Orange Grove Fire District and indicated their ability to provide fire protection for the property. The Orange County Emergency Management Division of Emergency Medical Services, in a letter dated February i'9, 1991, has indicated their ability to provide emergency medical services to the subject property.