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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 7, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Atlas Amendment - Jacobs Glass Rezoning <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) Yes <br /> <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1. Property and Vicinity Map <br />2. Draft Statement of Consistency <br />3. Draft Ordinance Approving Rezoning <br /> <br />Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 <br />Michael Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 <br />Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2592 <br /> <br />PURPOSE: To make a recommendation to the BOCC on an owner initiated request to rezone <br />a split zoned 9.8 acre parcel of property in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.9.2 of the <br />Unified Development Ordinance (hereafter ‘UDO’). Specifically the applicant wishes to rezone <br />the property: <br />FROM: Economic Development Eno Lower Intensity (EDE-1), Economic <br />Development Eno Higher Intensity (EDE-2), Lower Eno Protected <br />Watershed Protection Overlay District, and Major Transportation Corridor <br />(MTC) Overlay District <br />TO: Economic Development Eno Higher Intensity (EDE-2), Lower Eno <br />Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District, and Major Transportation <br />Corridor (MTC) Overlay District <br />BACKGROUND: This item was presented at the September 8, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing <br />where staff indicated approximately 2.1 acres of the property is zoned EDE-2 and 7.7 acres is <br />zoned EDE-1. The portion of property zoned EDE-2 is currently developed and used to support <br />a glass manufacturing and installation business, specifically Jacobs Glass, and the property <br />owner has requested the rezoning to allow for a potential expansion of the existing operation. <br /> <br />Materials from the September 8, 2015 Quarterly Public Hearing can be viewed at: <br />http://www.orangecountync.gov/document_center/BOCCAgendaMinutes/150908.pdf. <br /> <br />During the public hearing the following questions/comments were made: <br /> <br />1. A BOCC member asked if the property owner will have to maintain land use buffers along <br />NC 751 and adjacent residential property, both in Orange and Durham counties, if the <br />property were rezoned. <br />STAFF COMMENT: The property owner will have to comply with established buffers, <br />including: <br /> 13