Planning Board - 081920 Agenda Packet

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D R A F T 110 Hunter Spitzer: I noticed in the Comprehensive Land Use map that there are protected areas identified in green but 111 in the areas selected to be rezoned as Suburban Office, there are no protected areas and I was wondering why not 112 but they are identified as protected in the County Land Use map. I suppose I know why, because we don’t want to 113 restrict development but I was wondering if you could lend anything to that.114 115 Tom Altieri: It’s really for no particular reason, it’s just a matter of the Town took the initial step in the development of 116 the Joint Land Use Plan and it used the Land Use categories that it already had in its existing plan and it is just not 117 shown on the map in the Joint Land Use Plan. Those areas there certainly exist, I did mention that if or how 118 development occur in those resource protection areas is really handled through our Zoning Ordinance with stream 119 buffers and so forth. I think the resource protections area is really shown on the County’s Future Land Use map as 120 more, let’s just say, a reminder, if you would. That layer that land use category does not have a direct companion-121 zoning district or applicable zoning districts that would be applied in a resource protection area. It’s more or less just 122 an overlay just to show where there is a high likelihood of wetlands or steep slopes and so forth.123 124 Hunter Spitzer: Ok, thank you.125 126 David Blankfard: I have a question, so Orange County Comprehensive Plan map says it’s 20 parcels and 89 acres 127 and Hillsborough says it’s 17 parcels and 84 acres. Is that just the Town and Orange County finally coming together 128 to make the map match up?129 130 Tom Altieri: That is correct. There are just a few parcels that are addressed in the COCA Land Use Plan on the 131 north side of the amendment area that are also covered in the County’s Future Land Use map so there’s a little 132 overlap there. That’s why when we’re looking at amendments to the COCA Land Use Plan the acreage amount is 133 different from the County’s Land Use Plan. I can point those out if you’d like to see the differences, I know you have 134 the maps in your packets but there is just a few parcels and a few acres difference between the two amendments 135 and that’s right along the northern boundary of the amendment area.136 137 Melissa Poole: Will you flip back – I think it was 17, one of the maps where it had the star. (Map was shown) This is 138 currently Rural Residential and the star is where the RTLP is planned to go.139 140 Tom Altieri: Correct.141 142 Melissa Poole: So, I guess my questions is that it seems like we are doing this backwards, for me if this is Rural 143 Residential then why is RTLP planned to go there but we are only now talking about rezoning? It seems like we are 144 doing this backwards. Am I misunderstanding?145 146 Tom Altieri: What we are doing is responding to the Town’s expansion of its Urban Services area and we are 147 reflecting that on the Joint Land Use Plan with Hillsborough and when that’s done, we need to apply a Future Land 148 Use category to the map and that is the addition of the Suburban Office Complex. We also need to add a County 149 Land Use classification which is Economic Development District. The County is not proposing rezoning so this 12 150 acres would stay R1. However, there is another item on your agenda tonight where the developer is initiating a 151 process to also amend the zoning, not just for the 12 acres where the star is, but for a couple of the parcels to the 152 north as well. I hope that answers your question. These are really separate amendments. We have a County 153 initiated amendment to implement the expansion of the Town’s Urban Services Area that is different and separate 154 from the developer’s proposal and the rezoning required for RTLP. It’s just a matter of the two amendments share 12 155 acres. Does that help?156 157 Melissa Poole: Yes, thank you.158 159 David Blankfard: Ok, we will take comments from the public. Please say your name and if you received a letter from 160 the County about this amendment. Thank you.161 162 Franklin Garland: My name is Franklin Garland and I live off of Ode Turner Road. It seems like this was tried 163 already and I have a lot to say. Some people have ceded their time to me because I have spent the last two weeks 164 actually doing research. Nobody on the south side of the I-40 wants this, ok, the residents. There’s approximately 165 5