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7 <br /> agreement(s) are modified, neither CITAN or Economic Development Transition <br /> Activity Node could be extended onto the subject property. <br /> • Board members acknowledged receipt of two emails from adjacent property owners <br /> requesting the application be denied due to anticipated traffic impact(s) from non- <br /> residential development and extension of `urban development intensities' into what they <br /> perceived to be a `rural' area of the county. <br /> • The applicant did not speak at the Planning Board meeting. <br /> After discussing the request, and reviewing staff's recommendation, Board members voted <br /> unanimously to recommend denial of the Statement of Consistency (Attachment 8) and the <br /> proposed Zoning Atlas Amendment (Attachment 9). Excerpts of the minutes from the meeting, <br /> as well as the Board's signed statement of consistency, are included in Attachment 6. <br /> Agenda materials from the meeting can be viewed at: <br /> https://www.co.orange.nc.us/AgendaCenter/Planning-Board-26. <br /> Planning Director's Recommendation: The Planning Director recommends the request be <br /> denied due to the following: <br /> a. Extension of the Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) is not viable at <br /> this time as the property cannot be provided with public water and wastewater services; <br /> b. The requested rezoning (i.e. R-1 to GC-4) cannot be approved without the extension of <br /> CITAN; <br /> c. The requested rezoning is inconsistent with the current policies of the adopted County <br /> Comprehensive Plan, the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange <br /> Coordinated Area (COCA) Land Use Plan and the Water and Sewer Management, <br /> Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA); <br /> d. Existing agreement(s) between the County and the Town of Hillsborough do not identify <br /> this property as being suitable for high intensity residential and/or non-residential <br /> development. <br /> If amendment(s) to COCA and WASMPBA occur, specifically making the subject parcel suitable <br /> for service by public utilities, staff could make an affirmative recommendation on requested <br /> future land use map and rezoning amendments. These amendments would have to occur <br /> before such a recommendation could be made. <br /> Effect of Denial or Withdrawal: In the event the rezoning application is denied or withdrawn, it <br /> should be noted that Section 2.2.8 of the UDO states that no application for the same or similar <br /> amendment, affecting the same property or portion thereof, may be submitted for a period of <br /> one year. The one year period begins on the date of denial or withdrawal. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: Various County departments have reviewed the request and determined <br /> its approval or denial would not create the need for additional funding for the provision of County <br /> services. Costs associated with advertising, including the public hearing notice and mailings, <br /> were paid by the applicant in accordance with the adopted Orange County Fee Schedule. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this item: <br />