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18 DRAFT 606 increased a great deal and I've talked to some of my neighbors about the incidents of accidents in that area and they say 607 that they have definitely increased. I don't personally verify that but I am not surprised that they have said that so my 608 concerns are the change in our rural status and the traffic that was possibly increased along that area and the 609 reduncency of the store there. It just seems a waste of property. It could be used for something else some other time 610 and if you rezone this for this type of store, are you going to rezone something for another type of redundant store? 611 You're kind of setting your standards pretty low and I'm surprised. Thank you. 612 613 Delores Bailey: Are we allowed to ask the citizens questions? 614 615 Adam Beeman: I don't see why not. 616 617 Delores Bailey: Leah,would you come up please. What do you imagine should go there? 618 619 Leah Cook: That's a great question. Honestly, I've lived in Cedar Grove for over 20 years. I've farmed in Cedar Grove 620 for over 20 years and I hadn't really thought about that because I assumed, it had been Mebane Shrubbery, it had been 621 a hot dog stand before that,so I hadn't thought about that prior to this and Mimi had some pretty great suggestions. To 622 give you my honest answer, nothing. Why can't we leave it? Why can't we preserve the integrity of the rural area in very 623 Northern Orange County? I bet most of you all don't live there in the very northern tip of Orange County. It's pretty great 624 up there and we live there because we like it that way. I don't need to have a grocery store right down the road from me. 625 I'm ok with going into Hillsborough once a week. I have to plan a little more, Mark and I have to double up on our 626 errands. Let's go to the bank, let's go to grocery store and we'll hit Home Depot or something like that or we go to 627 Roxboro to Tractor Supply so honestly nothing. Shiver. Mimi had some pretty great thoughts,what about a Vet's office 628 or Tractor Supply what about a real grocery store could we come up with something innovative that will provide food to 629 people in the area aside from canned stuff. 630 631 Lamar Proctor: Planning's recommendation is that this is consistent with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Planning 632 believes it's consistent? Is that fair to say? That's the recommendation correct? I'm wondering if Planning could 633 articulate what is consistent given the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and maintaining the rural character and I'm looking 634 through the Table of Permitted Uses and retail is not listed as an Industrial Use and this is a Rural Industrial Activity 635 Node so I don't know if there is anything Planning could add to that or if there was some thinking there or what the 636 thought process was. 637 638 Cy Stober: The General Statute compels us to make 2 findings, 1 is that it is consistent with the Goals and Objectives of 639 our adopted plans, particularly our Comprehensive Plan which is to be maintained to reflect the needs of the County and 640 that it is generally consistent with that Plan so we evaluate the Future Land Use Map,we determine if an amendment is 641 needed to that. We've determined that it is not because it is in the Rural Industrial Activity Node and that the zoning 642 request is consistent with the Plan and per Appendix F,which is the land use matrix which defines the allowable uses 643 within the Future Land Use Map not the zoning district. This is one of the uses that is allowed so that is the basis of the 644 finding of staff plus insuring that the submitted site plan is in compliance with the development standards of the Unified 645 Development Ordinance and should it not be a condition is noted and if the condition appears to produce any safety 646 concerns or intersectionality, negative impacts,to surrounding neighborhood properties that we would not support a 647 waiver or deviation from our standards that would introduce negative impact on surrounding land uses. Otherwise the 648 zoning determination, land use determination in this case is defined largely by the Future Land Use and the Appendix F, 649 allowable uses for that Future Land Use. 650 651 Statler Gilfillen: I'm trying very hard to listen to what they are saying what the objection is, regardless of the industrial 652 zone. I live in the Eno District and not too long ago, I believe it went through the zoning because it is a major retail 653 establishment, the Eno River Farm at St. Mary's and Lawrence Road, it is a major retail establishment right there in my 654 neighborhood that generates a lot of traffic. I took no exception to what was done or any of the zoning on that issue 655 because I felt that was compatible with what was there. If I'm hearing you and the other neighbors,the issue may be not 656 an Eno River Farm but a national chain store coming in to the neighborhood, it's the type of business in retail that is 657 there that you feel is really incompatible with what that neighborhood is. 658 659 Adam Beeman: I think it's the duplicity, its 4/10s of a mile to Dollar General and the gas station there is nothing out there 660 that warrants another store. I don't care if it's a tobacco or vape store or whatever, I don't see any kind of convenience