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47 <br /> PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br /> Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br /> Current Planning 131 W. Margaret Lane <br /> (919) 245-2575 "'�� Suite 201 <br /> (919) 644-3002 (FAX) ORANGE COUNTY P. O. Box 8181 <br /> www.orangecountync.gov NORTH CAROLINA Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> A Ell <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) <br /> Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager <br /> Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager <br /> FROM: Michael D. Harvey AICP, CFM, CZO — Current Planning Supervisor <br /> DATE: March 5, 2020 <br /> SUBJECT: REVIEW of Status of 2520 Carr Store Road (PIN 9848-51-5777) <br /> This memorandum provides a synopsis on the impacts of a pending Unified <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO) text amendment, related to setbacks for structures and <br /> septic systems from the West Fork on the Eno reservoir, on a parcel of property located <br /> at 2520 Carr Store Road within the Cheeks Township of Orange County. <br /> The parcel, further identified utilizing Parcel Identification Number (PIN) 9848-51-5777, <br /> is approximately 7.8 acres in area and is zoned Agricultural Residential (AR) Upper Eno <br /> Critical Watershed Protection Overlay District. The property is currently developed, <br /> specifically with a 588 sq.ft. structure purportedly used as a single-family residence. As <br /> currently configured, the parcel was created with the recordation of an exempt <br /> subdivision plat within Plat Book 119 Page 69 of the Orange County Registrar of Deeds <br /> office on October 10, 2018. As staff understands it, the property owner sold/transferred <br /> acreage to an adjacent property owner reducing the subject parcel from 11 to 7.8 acres <br /> in size (hereafter `the property'). <br /> Please refer to Attachment 1 for a map of the property. <br /> BACKGROUND: As detailed within the March 10, 2020 BOCC public hearing abstract, <br /> the UDO establishes setback standards for structures and septic systems from a <br /> reservoir. Section(s) 4.2.2 (F) and (1) of the UDO establishes applicability of these <br /> standards, including criteria defining properties (developed and undeveloped) <br /> considered to be `grandfathered' with respect to applicable setbacks. <br /> The proposed amendment establishes the effective date for the final boundary of the <br /> West Fork on the Eno reservoir, which is February 12, 1997 (i.e. the date the Town <br />