5-a - Zoning Atlas Amendment - Conditional Zoning – Master Plan Development Conditional Zoning District (MPD-CZ) Settlers Point

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At its December 18, 2017 regular meeting, the Board voted unanimously to 50 approve the revised condition as suggested by the applicant. 51 At its January 10, 2018 regular meeting, the Board reiterated its support for a 52 revised condition indicating the Orange Rural Volunteer Fire Department will offer 53 review comment(s) on all site plans but will not have approval authority. 54 3. CONDITION 13 (h) (vi) Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) BUFFER – During 55 the November 14, 2017 public hearing, concern was expressed over the 56 proposed clearing of the MTC buffer as allowed within Section 6.6.4 (A) of the 57 UDO (i.e. clearing only 50% of the MTC Buffer). The applicant was requested to 58 provide additional details/ a development schematic on the requested clearing to 59 assist in reviewing the viability of the recommended condition. 60 During the meeting staff informed the Board there is approximately 2,800 ft. of 61 Interstate frontage for property located within District 1 and 3,082 ft. for property 62 located within District 2. The MTC buffer in District 1 shall remain undisturbed. 63 With respect to District 2, the applicant is proposing the following: 64 a. Reduce the width of the MTC from 100 ft. to 50 ft. in width, beginning at the 65 intersection of Old NC Highway 86 with the Interstate 40 on-ramp, extending 66 approximately 2,000 ft. east. 67 Staff informed the Board the total area encumbered by the MTC Buffer in 68 District 2 is 308,200 sq.ft. (3,082 ft. of linear frontage along Interstate 40 69 multiplied by the standard MTC Buffer width of 100 ft.). 70 Approximately 154,100 sq.ft. of MTC Buffer could be ‘cleared’ per Section 71 6.6.4 (A) of the UDO (i.e. 50% of the buffer). 72 The applicant is proposing to reduce the MTC Buffer from 100 ft. to 50 ft. for 73 approximately 2,000 linear ft., reducing the required buffer by 100,000 sq.ft. 74 (2,000 ft. of linear frontage along Interstate 40 multiplied by the 50 ft. MTC 75 Buffer reduction). 76 b. The remaining 1,082 linear ft. of Interstate frontage will have an MTC Buffer 77 width of 100 ft. Note this area includes property encumbered by an existing 78 150 ft. wide utility easement (i.e. overhead power lines). Foliage within this 79 easement has already been eliminated. 80 c. Within the 2,000 linear feet of reduced MTC Buffer area, the applicant is 81 proposing to create 1,100 linear feet of visual breaks for the project. These 82 areas would be re-landscaped with ‘low-growth landscaping’ to a width of 50 83 ft. including shrubs achieving a height of 4 to 6 ft. and canopy trees 84 achieving a height of no more than 12 ft. 85 d. Both the staff and the applicant indicated a 100 ft. wide land use buffer shall 86 be maintained along the southern boundary of District 2, exclusive of the 87 utility easement, to provide additional noise and visual buffer(s) for the 88 project. 89 The Planning Board recommended the following condition(s): 90 i. A 100 ft. wide land use buffer shall be established/preserved 91 along the southern boundary of District 2. 92 84