Agenda 10-01-19 Item 8-a - Minutes

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19 1 Legal ads advertising the date, time, location, and purpose of the BOCC public hearing were run 2 in the News of Orange and the Durham Herald Sun on August 21, 2019 and again on August 3 28, 2019. 4 5 Refer to Attachment 6 regarding certifications. 6 Courtesy Review: This request was submitted to the City of Mebane, which theoretically could 7 serve the property with utility and urban services and accept a voluntary annexation petition by 8 the owner, on July 15, 2019 as part of the courtesy review program. The City has issued no 9 comments regarding the request other than it could theoretically be served by their public utility 10 services. 11 12 Planning Director's Recommendation: As required under Section 2.8.5 of the Unified 13 Development Ordinance (UDO) the Planning Director shall: `... cause an analysis to be made of 14 the application and, based upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration'. 15 The Director has determined the proposed atlas amendment addresses potential non- 16 conformities associated with the current split zoning of the property and that the requested GC-4 17 zoning designation is consistent with the goals and policies of the adopted Comprehensive 18 Plan, consistent with property's location within the CITAN. As a result, the Director recommends 19 approval of the Statement of Consistency, indicating the amendments are reasonable and in 20 the public interest, contained in Attachment 7 and the proposed zoning atlas amendment 21 ordinance contained in Attachment 8. 22 23 It should be noted further development/redevelopment of the property will require 24 submittal/approval of a site plan demonstrating compliance with applicable development 25 standards (i.e. parking, setbacks, impervious surface, stormwater, landscaping/buffering, etc.) 26 as detailed within the UDO. Approval of this request does not exempt the applicant from 27 complying with these standards. 28 29 The Planning Director has found the request consistent with several provisions of the 2030 30 Comprehensive Plan, notably: 31 • ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENT: 32 Objective ED-1.5: Identify barriers to development of desirable businesses and 33 local businesses, and mitigate these barriers. 34 • CHAPTER 5: LAND USE ELEMENT: 35 • Land Use Overreaching Goal: Coordination of the amount, location, pattern and 36 designation of future land uses, with availability of County services and facilities sufficient to 37 meet the needs of Orange County's population and economy consistent with other 38 Comprehensive Plan element goals and objectives. 39 • Land Use Goal 1 — Fiscally and environmentally responsible, sustainable growth 40 consistent with the provision of adequate services and facilities and a high quality of 41 life. 42 • Land Use Goal 4: Land development regulations, guidelines, techniques and/or 43 incentives that promote the integrated achievement of all Comprehensive Plan goals. 44 45 Based on this analysis, the Director recommends approval of the zoning atlas amendment 46 application subject to the approval of: 47 4-i. The Statement of Consistency, as contained in Attachment 7, indicating that the proposed 48 zoning atlas amendment is consistent with the adopted Plan, and the request is reasonable and 49 in the public interest; and 50 4-ii. The Ordinance amending the Orange County Zoning Atlas as contained in Attachment 8.