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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 5, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 8 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Atlas Amendment – Easterlin Rezoning of 5908 US 70 East in Eno <br />Township <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Vicinity Map <br />2. Ordinance Approving Rezoning Petition <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2592 <br />3. Statement of Consistency with <br />Comprehensive Plan <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on an owner-initiated general rezoning <br />petition in accordance with the provisions of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the February 24, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />where staff indicated the property owners, Mr. and Ms. Donna and Donald Easterlin, have <br />applied to rezone an approximately 12 acre parcel of property located at 5908 US 70 East in <br />Eno Township: <br />FROM: Economic Development Eno Low Intensity (EDE-1); Economic Development <br />Eno High Intensity (EDE-2); and Lower Eno Protected Watershed Protection <br />Overlay. <br />TO: Economic Development Eno High Intensity (EDE-2) and Lower Eno Protected <br />Watershed Protection Overlay. <br />Approximately 8.6 acres of the property is currently zoned EDE-2 with the remaining acreage <br />(approximately 3.4 acres) zoned EDE-1. <br /> <br />Public Hearing: As indicated during the hearing, the purpose of the amendment is to extend the <br />EDE-2 zoning designation over the entire property. <br /> <br />The property is currently utilized to support a Class II Kennel operation and a <br />telecommunications tower. Kennels are a permitted use of property, subject to the issuance of <br />a Class B Special Use Permit, in the EDE-2 zoning district and are prohibited within the EDE-1 <br />zoning district. The applicants are requesting the rezoning to eliminate the existing split zoning <br />and ensure the kennel operation is entirely contained within the EDE-2 general use zoning <br />designation. <br /> <br />There were no comments or questions posed during the hearing. Agenda materials from the <br />February 24, 2014 Quarterly Public Hearing can be viewed at: <br />http://orangecountync.gov/occlerks/140224.pdf <br />79