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Attachment 4 <br /> STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY <br /> OF A PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS MAP AMENDMENT <br /> WITH THE ADOPTED ORANGE COUNTY 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> An applicant- initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas has been reviewed to rezone a <br /> parcel as follows : <br /> Parcel <br /> Identification Owner of <br /> Township Current Zoning Proposed Zoning <br /> Number Record <br /> ( PIN ) <br /> 9796 -29 - None <br /> 3144 Mount Carmel ( property was RB ( Rural Buffer) <br /> Chapel Baptist Church annexed into • Jordan Lake <br /> (4 . 66 acres Hill of Chapel Hill , Orange County Protected Watershed <br /> of 8 . 14 acre North Carolina from Chatham Overlay District <br /> parcel ) County) <br /> The Board of County Commissioners hereby finds : <br /> a . The requirements of Section 2 . 8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance <br /> Amendments of the UDO have been deemed complete ; and , <br /> b . Pursuant to Sections 1 . 1 . 5 Statement of Intent - Amendments , and 1 . 1 . 7 <br /> Conformance with Adopted Plans of the UDO and to Section 160D - 604 (d ) Planning <br /> Board review and comment — Plan Consistency and 160D - 605 ( a ) Governing Board <br /> Statement — Plan Consistency of the North Carolina General Statutes , the Board <br /> finds sufficient documentation within the record denoting that the amendment is <br /> consistent with the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan . <br /> C . The amendment is consistent with applicable plans because it supports the <br /> following . <br /> • Land Use Goal 2 : Land uses that are appropriate to on -site environmental <br /> conditions and features and that protect natural resources , cultural <br /> resources , and community character . <br /> • Objective LU -2 . 1 : Maintain the rural , low- density land surrounding Chapel Hill <br /> and Carrboro Transition Areas as Rural Buffer land , as designated on the <br /> Future Land Use Map . Future consideration should be given to designating <br /> Rural Buffer areas around other municipalities where such interest exists . <br /> The amendment is consistent with this goal and objective because it will assign a <br /> Zoning district for the first time to property that was annexed into Orange County . <br /> The proposed RB ( Rural Buffer) Zoning district is consistent with adjacent and <br /> nearby properties . <br />