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30 <br /> • Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area (COCA) Land <br /> Use Plan: COCA is a joint land use document defining locations of `future land use <br /> categories' to achieve desired and coordinated pattern(s) of development. <br /> Implementation of the COCA Land Use Plan is achieved through consistency with the <br /> County's Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, application of County zoning, and <br /> a coordinated approach to rezoning. <br /> The subject parcel is outside of the Town's Urban Service area. <br /> Consistent with COCA, the Town may not extend utilities outside the service area. The <br /> applicant approached the Town in 2012 about moving the Urban Service boundary to <br /> include this parcel. In recommending approval of COCA, Hillsborough's planning board <br /> supported the concept of amending the boundary but did not take action to do so. <br /> COCA can be accessed at: <br /> https://www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/14011/Central-Orange- <br /> Coordinated-Area-COCA-Land-Use-Plan-PDF. <br /> Please refer to the map in Attachment 3 for more information. As previously indicated, <br /> COCA modifications are necessary to extend the Urban Service Area allowing the <br /> property to qualify for utility service. <br /> • Water and Sewer Management, Planning and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA): <br /> Property is located within the Town of Hillsborough Long-term Interest Area. Public <br /> utilities (i.e. water and sewer) are available only if the property owner seeks voluntary <br /> annexation into the Town and the WASMPBA Primary Service Area boundary is <br /> amended to include the parcel. The WASMPBA agreement can be accessed at: <br /> http://www.orangecountync.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4190/Water-and-Sewer- <br /> Management-Planning-and-Boundary-Agreement-PDF. <br /> • Environmental Assessment (EA): Per Section 6.16.2 (A) of the UDO, the application is <br /> exempt from the Environmental Assessment (EA) requirement. Once a formal <br /> development proposal (i.e. site plan) is submitted, it will be evaluated for compliance <br /> with the provisions of the LIDO. Please note, an environmental assessment application <br /> is typically required only for projects exceeding two acres of proposed land disturbance. <br /> Analysis: As required under Section 2.8.5 of the UDO, the Planning Director is required to: <br /> `cause an analysis to be made of the application'and provide analysis to the reviewing body. In <br /> analyzing this request, the Planning Director offers the following: <br /> 1. The application is complete in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.8.3 of the <br /> UDO; <br /> 2. The Rural Residential land use category is defined within the adopted Comprehensive <br /> Plan as: <br /> Land in the rural areas of the County which is appropriate for low <br /> intensity and low-density residential development and which would not <br /> be dependent on urban services during the plan period. <br /> 3. The Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) is defined within the <br /> adopted Comprehensive Plan as: <br /> Land near major transportation routes that could be provided with public <br /> water and wastewater services and is appropriate for retail and other <br />