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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 parcel as <br />follows: <br />Parcel <br />Identification <br />Number <br />(PIN) <br />Township Owner of <br />Record Current Zoning Proposed Zoning <br />9854-18-4217 <br />9854-18-9274 Cheeks <br />Efland <br />Ruritan <br />Club <br />•R-1 (Rural <br />Residential, 9.37 <br />acres); <br />•Upper Eno Protected <br />Watershed, & Efland <br />Village Overlay <br />Districts. <br />•GC-4 (General <br />Commercial); <br />•Upper Eno Protected <br />Watershed, & Efland <br />Village Overlay <br />Districts. <br />The Planning Board 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 Conformance <br />with Adopted Plans of the UDO and to Section 160D-604(d) Planning Board review and <br />comment – Plan Consistency and 160D-605(a) Governing Board Statement – Plan <br />Consistency of the North Carolina General Statutes, the Board finds sufficient <br />documentation within the record denoting that the amendment is consistent with the <br />adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan. <br />c.The proposal is consistent with goals/objectives outlined within the Comprehensive Plan <br />concerning development, including: <br />•Planning Principle 2. Sustainable Growth and Development: Growth and <br />development within the county should occur in a pattern, location, and density that <br />is sustainable over the long-term. <br />The properties are located in the Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node <br />(CITAN) on the Future Land Use Map (FLUM), and is defined in the 2030 <br />Comprehensive Plan as “[l]and focused on designated road intersections within <br />either a 10-year or 20-year transition area that is appropriate for retail and other <br />commercial uses and/or manufacturing and other industrial uses.” It is also located <br />in the Efland Village Zoning Overlay District, which is defined in the Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) as “…an urban village style of development in an <br />area of the county served, or intended to be served, by public water and sewer <br />systems.” <br />Attachment 5 81