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30 <br /> 1 Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA): <br /> 2 Property is located within the Town of Hillsborough Long-term Interest Area. Public <br /> 3 utilities (i.e. water and sewer) are available only if the property owner seeks voluntary <br /> 4 annexation into the Town and the WASMPBA Primary Service Area boundary is <br /> 5 amended to include the parcel. The WASMPBA agreement can be accessed at: <br /> 6 http://www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4190/Water-and-Sewer- <br /> 7 Management-Planning-and-Boundary-Agreement-PDF. <br /> 8 Environmental Assessment (EA): Per Section 6.16.2 (A) of the UDO, the application is <br /> 9 exempt from the Environmental Assessment (EA) requirement. Once a formal <br /> 10 development proposal (i.e. site plan) is submitted, it will be evaluated for compliance <br /> 11 with the provisions of the UDO. Please note, an environmental assessment application <br /> 12 is typically required only for projects exceeding two acres of proposed land disturbance. <br /> 13 Analysis: As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br /> 14 `cause an analysis to be made of the application'and provide analysis to the reviewing body. In <br /> 15 analyzing this request, the Planning Director offers the following: <br /> 16 1. The application is complete in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.8.3 of the <br /> 17 UDO; <br /> 18 2. The Rural Residential land use category is defined within the adopted Comprehensive <br /> 19 Plan as: <br /> 20 Land in the rural areas of the County which is appropriate for low <br /> 21 intensity and low-density residential development and which would not <br /> 22 be dependent on urban services during the plan period. <br /> 23 3. The Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) is defined within the <br /> 24 adopted Comprehensive Plan as: <br /> 25 Land near major transportation routes that could be provided with public <br /> 26 water and wastewater services and is appropriate for retail and other <br /> 27 commercial uses; manufacturing and other industrial uses; office and <br /> 28 limited (not to exceed 25% of any Node) higher density residential uses. <br /> 29 4. The property is not eligible for service by public water and wastewater services based <br /> 30 on: <br /> 31 a. The Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area <br /> 32 (COCA) Land Use Plan; and <br /> 33 b. The Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement <br /> 34 (WASMPBA). <br /> 35 As a result, extension of CITAN is not viable at this time as the parcel is ineligible for <br /> 36 public water and wastewater services; <br /> 37 5. The request, while potentially representing a logical extension of the CITAN land use <br /> 38 category along NC Highway 86 as well as the GC-4 general use zoning district, is <br /> 39 inconsistent with applicable planning document(s) are detailed herein; <br /> 40 6. Existing agreement(s) between the County and the Town of Hillsborough do not identify <br /> 41 this property as being suitable for high intensity residential and/or non-residential <br /> 42 development. These agreements would have to be modified to allow the request to <br /> 43 receive a favorable recommendation. <br />