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The applicant’s proposed site is on land adjacent to the Town of Chapel Hill Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, but introduces a non-residential use that is anticipated to generate significant noise and operate during evening hours to the Rural Buffer; and, The Board also finds that the amendment is inconsistent with the following 2030 Comprehensive Plan Principles and Objectives: 1) Planning Principle 2. Sustainable Growth and Development: Growth and development within the county should occur in a pattern, location, and density that is sustainable over the long-term. 2) Planning Principle 5. Preservation of Rural Land Use Pattern: The County’s rural areas are a cherished component of the County’s character. Future development should preserve and enhance the county’s rural landscape. 3) Planning Principle 8. Preservation of Community Character: Future growth and development should occur in a manner that preserves and enhances the existing character of the County, its townships, and rural crossroads communities. 4) Land Use Goal 2: Land uses that are appropriate to on-site environmental conditions and features, and that protect natural resources, cultural resources, and community character. 5) Land Use Goal 3: A variety of land uses that are coordinated within a program and pattern that limits sprawl, preserves community and rural character, minimizes land use conflicts, supported by an efficient and balanced transportation system. 6) Appendix F, Land Use Classification Description for Rural Buffer: Only very low density residential, agricultural uses exempt from zoning regulations, and low- intensity agricultural support uses are appropriate in the Rural Buffer. The applicant proposes to introduce a non-residential use that is anticipated to generate significant noise and operate during evening hours to the designated Rural Buffer, greater than the intensity of most bona fide agricultural operations. The deviations from the County’s setback and screening standards will further encroach upon the neighboring properties and disrupt the quiet and rural character of the area. Furthermore, the existing access road presents public health, safety, general welfare of potential users and employees at the county’s parks and recreation facility; and c. Pursuant to Articles V and VI of the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Agreement (JPA) Land Use Plan, the Board finds that the amendment is inconsistent with the descriptions of the “Rufal Buffer” for either the Joint Planning Operating Principles or the Future Land Use – Joint Planning Area, including the eight categories of land use identified for the “Rural Buffer”: Resource Protection Areas, Public/Private Open Space Areas, New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Areas, Agricultural Areas, University Lake Watershed Area, Rural Residential Retail Trade Areas, Extractive Uses. The applicant is an Agricultural Support Enterprise that is not within the supported new uses for “Agricultural Areas”: “…very low-density [in] nature and will generally consist of farm dwellings and outbuildings;” it is a non-residential, light-intensity commercial use that is not a farm; and 148