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11 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 1, 2019 Action Agenda Item No. 7 SUBJECT: Modification of the Existing Zoning Boundaries for Non-Residentially Zoned Property (further identified as PIN 9758-42-4098) and Located at 2616 Old Greensboro Road in Bingham Township. Property is approximately 500 feet east of the Orange County Ferguson Road Solid Waste recycling facility. DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: 1. Application with Supporting Documents Patrick Mallett, Planner II (919) 245-2577 2. Map of Subject Parcel Michael Harvey, Planner III (919) 245-2597 3. Exhibit "A" with Existing Conditions Craig Benedict, Director (919) 245-2585 4. Statement of Consistency 5. Ordinance Amending Zoning Atlas PURPOSE: To review and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) on a property owner initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas for a parcel of property within the Bingham Township. BACKGROUND: In 2016, staff initiated a review of several properties throughout the County that were split zoned (i.e. residential and non-residential zoning designations), zoned non- residential where there was no corresponding non-residential land use, and where existing zoning boundaries did not allow for the logical use of property. As reported at that time, there were many instances where previous staff had drawn zoning district boundaries in a manner that encompassed only the actual land use (i.e. building) while excluding other areas, most notably parking, septic fields and/or required land use buffers. Staff worked with several property owners, including the current applicant, in an attempt to address these problems by updating the zoning designations on various parcels. This parcel, further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9758- 42-4098, is an approximately 4 acre parcel split zoned Rural Buffer (RB) and Existing Commercial (EC-5). EC-5 is a zoning designation specifically crafted to capture "grandfathered" non-residential uses that existed prior to zoning coming into effect in many parts of the county. In this case, Bingham Township (including this property) was originally zoned in 1981. The property is used as a self-storage facility, wood working shop, and residence. These land uses have been in existence since approximately 1977. Current zoning designations split the existing self-storage facility (i.e. portions of the operation are located within the EC-5 and RB general use zoning designations). For more information on current conditions, please refer to maps contained within Attachment(s) 2 and 3.