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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 4, 2019 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-c <br /> SUBJECT: Zoning Atlas Amendment - 2616 Old Greensboro Road (PIN 9758-42-4098) <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Zoning Atlas Amendment Application Patrick Mallett, Planner II, (919) 245-2577 <br /> 2. Map of Subject Parcel Michael D. Harvey, Planner III, (919) 245-2597 <br /> Craig Benedict, Director, (919) 245-2575 <br /> 3. Survey of Existing Conditions <br /> 4. Excerpt of Draft Planning Board <br /> Minutes from May 1, 2019 Meeting <br /> 5. Planning Board Signed Statement of <br /> Consistency <br /> 6. BOCC Statement of Consistency <br /> 7. Ordinance Amending Zoning Atlas <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing, receive the Planning Board recommendation, and take <br /> action on a property owner initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas for a parcel of property at <br /> 2616 Old Greensboro Road. Specifically, the applicant is requesting the property be rezoned: <br /> From: Existing Commercial (EC-5); Rural Buffer (RB); University Lake Protected <br /> Watershed Protection Overlay District <br /> To: EC-5; University Lake Protected Watershed Protection Overlay District <br /> to ensure existing non-residential land uses are conforming to the requirements of the Unified <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO). <br /> BACKGROUND: In 2016, staff initiated a review of several properties throughout the County <br /> that were split zoned (i.e. residential and non-residential zoning designations), zoned non- <br /> residential where there was no corresponding non-residential land use, and where existing <br /> zoning boundaries did not allow for the logical use of property. <br /> As reported at that time, there were many instances where previous staff had drawn zoning <br /> district boundaries in a manner encompassing the actual land use (i.e. building) while excluding <br /> other areas, most notably parking, septic fields and/or required land use buffers. Staff worked <br /> with several property owners, including the current applicant, in an attempt to address these <br /> problems by updating the zoning designations on various parcels. <br /> 2616 Old Greensboro Road, further identified utilizing Orange County Parcel Identification <br /> Number (PIN) 9758-42-4098, is an approximately 4 acre parcel of property split zoned RB and <br />