Agenda 09-03-19 Item 5-a - Zoning Atlas Amendment for 6405 West Ten Road (PIN 9834-25-2573) – Rezone a 16.45 Acre Parcel of Property to General Commercial (GC-4)

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17 DRAFT capture all of their non-residential use. The planning director recommends that the Planning Board review the proposed zoning atlas amendment,to deliberate on the petition,to consider the director's recommendation, and then to make a recommendation to the board of commissioners on the statement of consistency and for a proposed ordinance for the atlas amendment in time for the September 3rd BOCC meeting. I will answer any questions you have about the presentation or the packet and then turn it over to the applicants. David Blankfard: I think we're good. Chad Huffine: Good evening; my name is Chad and I am a civil engineer with the project, with 505 E. Davis St. in Burlington. We were contacted by Mr. Doby to look at the potential uses for his property and immediately noticed the split zoning on his property. After several conversations with staff, and taking recommendations, we submitted a rezoning application for the (GC-4), which is consistent with the land-use plan you have currently. I do want to reiterate one thing that Pat said, we do not propose any changes to the transportation overlay. We do not have any conditions associated with this rezoning request and we would appreciate your favorable consideration. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Hunter Spitzer: What is it that Mr. Doby wants to do with the property? Chad Huffine: He's currently proposing the multiuse of landscaping and mini-storage use, but that is not what you're considering tonight. What you are considering tonight is a rezoning without conditions. Patrick Mallett: I'll add on to that briefly. This case is a general use case. In some jurisdictions they may have conditional zoning category that could be applied, and you can restrict and eliminate some of the uses. This is a general-use case. They can indicate what they intend on doing, but you have to consider all of the permitted uses that are allowed in the (GC-4)district. David Blankfard: Do we have any comments from the citizens? Crystal Gvaldoni: My name is Crystal. I live at 6405 West Ten Rd., which is directly impacted by this change. I built my home in 2010 from the ground up, and I know Mr. Doby personally. I am against what he's planning on doing to the property by rezoning it as commercial and putting in a mini-storage facility. I feel like it's going to increase the amount of crime that we have in our neighborhood. For his property, I pulled some 911 records and in the last several years there have been robberies by someone I know who has been in jail. I think that putting a storage facility directly behind my house is going to decline the property value of my house and will also affect curb appeal if I choose to sell my home in the future. My biggest concern is the increase and amount of crime we are going to have because everything is open. His business sits on the road front and there is no security. If you stick a mini-storage my backyard, how is it going to be affected? I have children there, we love where we live, and we don't want to move, and I may be forced to move if this happens. Bal K Sharma: My name is Bal. I live in Cary, but we do have some land next to the truck stop there on Buckhorn Road. We also have combined investments there. This exit has not doubled up enough compared to other exits which I would love to see. In terms of the General Commercial use, it gives more employment opportunities for the citizens. I do support changing into the commercial joining and support this cause. David Blankfard: Does the board have any questions? Adam Beeman: I have a question for the owner. To elaborate a little on the storage unit. I am looking at the only place that you are going to be able to get into on that property which is on that right or would you pass by the landscaping business if you were to develop in the future? Chad Huffine: The only thing I can commit to is to respond to some of her concerns and to comment to the property value and the crime deterrent and prevention. I can tell you that access would be from West Ten Rd. and that during the site plan process, the information is provided to DOT and Orange County and that driveway conditions are either approved or not approved. The property has frontage on West Ten Rd. and would be accessible by light.