Agenda - 04-06-2021; 5-a - Future Land Use Map (FLUM) and Zoning Atlas Amendment – Richardson (MA20-0006)

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4 Proposal: Applicant requests the general use zoning designation of the property become GC-4 arguing: ... changing this (property's) zoning to General Commercial (GC-4) will be more in line with the Character of the area. There is a shopping center approximately one mile down the road that includes a Walmart, Home Depot, and various other chain stores and fast food restaurants. On the other side of the road from the shopping center is a newly built Sheetz, which also has space to have another tenet beside them. The request also involves changing the future land use designation for the property from Rural Residential to Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN). STAFF COMMENT. This change is necessary to approve the rezoning request. The applicant argues current development trends along NC Highway 86, as well as existing land use designations on parcels to the north and west, support changing the designation of the subject property to CITAN. Other pertinent information concerning the property is as follows: • Comprehensive Plan: The subject parcel is currently located within the Rural Residential land use category. Per Appendix F, "Relationships Between Land Use Categories and Zoning Districts Matrix" of the adopted Orange County Comprehensive Plan, GC-4 is not an allowable general use zoning category for property located within a Rural Residential land use category. The GC-4 general use zoning district is permitted within the Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN). Per Appendix G Land Use Classification and Overlay Locational Criteria of the Comprehensive Plan, CITAN is located in areas meeting specific criteria including, but not limited to: o Areas currently, or could be reasonably and efficiently, served by centralized public services and utilities; o Located at the intersection of arterial and/or collector highways or in proximity to other major transportation networks; o In areas near major transportation routes that could be provided with public water and wastewater services, which are appropriate for non-residential and higher density residential uses. As detailed by staff (Attachment 5), the subject parcel is not located in an area currently or planned to be served by public utilities (i.e. water and/or sewer). In order for the property to have access to public utilities, the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA) would need modification first. For more information on the definition of CITAN, and to review the allowed zoning designations permitted within same, the Comprehensive Plan is accessible at: http://www.orangecountVnc.gov/1242/2030-Comprehensive-Plan.