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2 <br /> Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) Overlay District; Efland <br /> Village Overlay District; and Upper Eno Protected Watershed <br /> Overlay District; <br /> D. Requested Zoning: Medium Industrial (1-2); <br /> No amendments to the three existing overlay districts are <br /> proposed. <br /> E. Future Land Use Map (FLUM) Designation: Commercial- <br /> Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) (Attachment 2); <br /> STAFF COMMENT. The "Land Use and Zoning Matrix" in <br /> Appendix F of the Comprehensive Plan indicates the 1-2 <br /> zoning district is an appropriate zoning district in areas <br /> designated as CITAN. <br /> F. Growth Management System Designation: Urban Designated; <br /> G. Existing Conditions/Physical Features: The parcel is currently <br /> undeveloped; the topography is relatively flat with drainage <br /> swales. Other than a small clump of trees near the center of the <br /> parcel and three additional clumps of trees on the eastern <br /> property line, the parcel has been cleared of vegetation (other <br /> than grass that is kept mowed) for years; <br /> H. Roads: The parcel has approximately 200 feet of frontage along <br /> Forrest Avenue on the south side of the parcel, and <br /> approximately 280 feet of frontage along Efland-Cedar Grove <br /> Road on the west side of the parcel; <br /> I. Water and Sewer: The property is in an area served by public <br /> water/sewer. Orange-Alamance Water System provides water <br /> service in the area. Sewer service is provided by the sewer lines <br /> operated by the City of Mebane. <br /> Surrounding Land Uses: North: 1.01 acre parcel zoned Neighborhood Commercial (NC-2) <br /> supporting a self-wash car wash; <br /> South: Forrest Avenue and NC Railroad/Norfolk Southern tracks. <br /> West: Efland-Cedar Grove Road and three parcels zoned Rural <br /> Residential (R-1) ranging in size from 0.35 to 0.52 acres in <br /> area. Two of the parcels are developed with single-family <br /> residential land uses, and one parcel is owned by Efland <br /> Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of US Highway <br /> 70 and Efland-Cedar Grove Road, and supports a storage <br /> building; and <br /> East: A 5.9 acre parcel zoned Medium Industrial (1-2) on which <br /> the 43,600-square foot former Efland Hosiery Mill operated <br /> for many years. The mill ceased operation more than two <br /> years ago and the building is vacant, with recent building <br /> permits issued for interior upfits. This parcel is owned by <br /> the same owner as the parcel requested for rezoning. <br />