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Approved 7/5/19 PRESENTER:Patrick Mallett, Planner II 56 57 Patrick Mallett: Welcome new members; welcome old members. I am the staff person that will be presenting items 7 58 and 8 tonight. The first one is a general use zoning case. In your packet, you’ve got an abstract which starts on 59 page 11 of your packet. It goes through some of the basic information and includes five attachments; the application, 60 map of the subject parcel, the zoning exhibit showing any existing conditions of the property, the Statement of 61 Consistency, and then the ordinance amending and the zoning atlas with the zoning map. As I said, this is a General 62 Use Rezoning request. The property owner is Mr. Stan Lawton who is here with Alois Callemyn a surveyor and his 63 wife, Kim. The subject property is Lawton Storage. As you can see from this photo, the issue at hand is that the 64 commercial zoning goes right through the existing building, and the building has been operating as a storage facility 65 since 1977. What the applicant is seeking to do is to take the 2.65 acres of Rural Buffer zoning and rezone the entire 66 parcel as Existing Commercial (EC-5). It’s all within the University Lake Watershed and would all remain within that 67 watershed. So, 4.08 the existing parcel size is proposed to be rezoned to existing commercial. The summary is that 68 most of you were not on the Planning Board at the time, but in 2016 the Board of Commissioners directed staff to 69 take a comprehensive look at not just this township and others and evaluate look at properties that had zoning 70 issues, namely split zoning. This was one of those cases. At that time, Mr. Lawton wanted to stop and consider his 71 long-term goals and figure out what he wanted to do regarding the implications for the property and the business he’s 72 been operating since 1977. So, we pulled his case out of that stack. Since that time, he’s decided to proceed with 73 what the staff was recommending in 2016 which was to rezone the entire existing parcel to EC-5. Zoning in Orange 74 County rotated around various Townships and Bingham zoned for the first time in 1981. His storage business, the 75 proceeding woodworking, and truss operation well preceded the original zoning in this township. The policy at that 76 time was quite literal, and I think it was a common practice to draw a line around a building that was non-residential 77 use and leave the remainder to a residential zoning category. That’s created a number of issues namely conformity, 78 the ability to meet the landscape requirements, and a series of other things. Our recommendation is that you review 79 the amendment, deliberate on the petition, consider the director’s recommendations and then make a 80 recommendation for the Board of Commissioners for their June 4th meeting. 81 82 Alois Callemyn: My name is Alois Callemyn, I've been doing this for a little while. I wanted you to meet Stan; he83 zoned this property. I get to see a lot of different parts of the County and this is one of the most scenic lots I’ve ever 84 surveyed. 85 86 Stan Lawton: I’d like to get it straightened out. I’ve put a lot into it over the years. Everything is a mess the way it is.87 Just in general, it would be a good idea.88 89 Alois Callemyn: If you have any questions, we’ll be glad to answer. 90 91 Patricia Roberts: How much impervious surface has been used of the percentage allowed? 92 93 Patrick Mallett: Mr. Lawton has got a fair amount of impervious surface, but most of that was probably built with the 94 original facility back in the 70’s and 80’s. 95 96 Patricia Roberts: Does he have enough to build anymore? 97 98 Patrick Mallett: Probably not. The short answer is what you see is probably the maximum. 99 100 Patricia Roberts: So basically, he’s not going to be able to add more storage buildings without coming up with a 101 different plan. 102 103 Patrick Mallett: Not without utilizing what’s already there, a repurposing of the site.104 105 Randy Marshall: My previous recollection was that there’s a lot of restrictions on the rural buffer, and I didn’t see that 106 addressed in any of my materials. You’re taking something from the rural buffer and putting it into commercial even if 107 it’s existing commercial. Is there any concerns there that would need to be addressed? 108 109