Agenda - 06-04-2024; 5-b - Zoning Atlas Amendment – 3009 Forrest Ave., Efland, Cheeks Township

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Attachment 5 59 DRAFT 1 Excerpt of Draft Minutes MEETING MINUTES 2 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD 3 MAY 1,2024 4 REGULAR MEETING 5 6 MEMBERS PRESENT:Adam Beeman (Chair), Cedar Grove Township Representative; Lamar Proctor(Vice-Chair), 7 Cheeks Township Representative; Delores Bailey, At-Large Representative; Beth Bronson, At-Large 8 Representative; Marilyn Carter, At-Large Representative; Statler Gilfillen, Eno Township Representative; Chris 9 Johnston, Hillsborough Township Representative; Steve Kaufmann, Bingham Township Representative; Liz 10 Kalies, Chapel Hill Township Representative; Charity Kirk, At-Large Representative Whitney Watson, At-Large 11 Representative. 12 13 MEMBERS ABSENT: None. 14 15 STAFF PRESENT: Cy Stober, Planning & Inspections Director; Patrick Mallett, Deputy Director— Development 16 Services; Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director—Long Range Planning &Administration; Tom Altieri, Senior Planner- 17 Long Range Planning&Administration; Taylor Perschau, Current Planning and Zoning Manager; Lauren Coffey, 18 Planner I. 19 20 OTHERS PRESENT: Anthony Cecil; Jana Murdoch Doherty 21 22 ***** 23 24 AGENDA ITEM 7: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT(CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT)-To review and make a recommendation 25 to the BOCC on an applicant-initiated zoning atlas amendment to rezone two parcels totaling +/-9.37 acres from 26 R-1 (Rural Residential) to GC-4 (General Commercial). The parcels are located at 3009 Forrest Ave., Efland 27 within the Cheeks Township (PINs: 9854-18-4217 and 9854-18-9274). This item is scheduled for BOCC public 28 hearing on June 4, 2024. 29 30 PRESENTER:TAYLOR PERSCHAU. 31 32 Taylor Perschau: We'll move to Item 7 which is a Zoning Atlas Amendment for a Conventional District 33 Rezoning from R1, Rural Residential to GC4, General Commercial. I'm Taylor Perschau, the Current Planning 34 and Zoning Manager. I'm going to walk you through the specifics of the requests, kind of just the process 35 overview and the specific details that staff is particularly interested. And then I will also have the opportunity to 36 introduce you to the applicant,who can speak for their own application better than I. So,we are talking about two 37 parcels in Efland that are at 3009 and 3100 Forrest Avenue. The applicant tonight is Efland Ruritan Club. So,as 38 a reminder of the different zoning options, we are talking about a Conventional District Zoning tonight. We have 39 Conventional, and then we also have Conditional as a rezoning option. With Conventional,we're going from one 40 category to another that is a broad, general zoning that's inclusive of multiple different uses. It does not require 41 a site-specific plan. Basically, opens up the property for this one, to GC4. If we did our math right, there are 52 42 different permitted uses within GC4, so we're moving tonight from a residential to what would potentially be a 43 commercial district. Your objective tonight is to hear from me, the applicant, and any public, to review and 44 discuss the analysis and Director's recommendation, and then come to a determination to recommend either 45 approval or denial to the Board of County Commissioners that will make the final decision. So, an overview of 46 the request is that we are over here just west of Hillsborough on US 70. Again,that's 3009, 3100 Forrest Avenue 47 in Efland. It's in the Cheeks Township. The watershed is the Upper Eno Protected, and again, the applicant is 48 Efland Ruritan who has historically owned and maintained the property and uses it for various nonresidential 49 uses at present. So, Rural Residential is what it's currently zoned, which is not in alignment with its 50 nonresidential use today. The overlays that are true for the property are that Upper Eno Protected Watershed