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<br /> 51 and the Efland Village Overlay. The Village Overlay is one that's applied when we have site plans that come in
<br /> 52 and it basically applies specific setbacks or height restrictions that are specific to this Efland Village area, so this
<br /> 53 area with the horizontal striping is the Village and then to the south,we have Efland Interstate Overlay, which
<br /> 54 similarly applies different setbacks, and site plan specific standards when the site plan comes through. You will
<br /> 55 see that the majority of the surrounding zoning is the yellow, R1. We do have some Neighborhood Commercial
<br /> 56 here in the red and to the east, we have Agricultural Residential. To the south is the Office Research and
<br /> 57 Manufacturing. Of course,when we're talking about any kind of rezoning whether it's Conventional or
<br /> 58 Conditional,we always have the Future Land Use Map and the Comprehensive Plan in mind, and your task, the
<br /> 59 Board of County Commissioners, and staffs' task is all to consider whether the rezoning would be in alignment
<br /> 60 with what the Comprehensive Plan calls for, and in particular, the Future Land Use Map. So, the Future Land
<br /> 61 Use Map designates this area as Commercial Industrial Transition and that is land that's focused on designated
<br /> 62 road intersections within either a 10-year or 20-year Transition Area that's appropriate for retail and other
<br /> 63 commercial uses,and/or manufacturing and other industrial uses. So,there's no proposed change to the Future
<br /> 64 Land Use Map itself. Surrounding uses include single-family residential and the mobile home park to the north,
<br /> 65 just up here. To the south, you'll also find single-family residential and the North Carolina Railroad line runs
<br /> 66 east-west right here. To the east,there is some commercial auto repair and single-family residential, and then to
<br /> 67 the west, there's also commercial auto repair, single-family residential where there are some churches, there's
<br /> 68 Efland Supermarket, and a few additional commercial uses. So, what is required for the Conventional District
<br /> 69 application? Of course, the complete application signed by the applicant, a map showing the land proposed for
<br /> 70 rezoning, and a narrative detailing basically why this request makes sense or why they believe it makes sense,
<br /> 71 and that could be how the proposed amendment corrects an error and how it is consistent with the consistent
<br /> 72 with the Comprehensive Plan. And then, finally, it also requires additional information as identified by reviewing
<br /> 73 agencies, and all of these have been provided by the applicant. So, a quick overview of GC4, General
<br /> 74 Commercial. General Commercial is intended to provide suitable, situated and sized sites that allow a broad
<br /> 75 range of commercial office and service uses, and then it has performance standards used to ensure the absence
<br /> 76 of adverse impacts on the zoning district boundary, so should this zoning be applied to the property, these
<br /> 77 dimensions are particularly kept in mind if there were to be a subdivision of the property or if there is future
<br /> 78 development of the property with the addition of buildings.
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<br /> 80 Jana Murdoch-Doherty: Good evening. Thank you for this opportunity to address the Board. My name is Jana
<br /> 81 Murdoch-Doherty. I'm a board member for the Efland Ruritan Club, and this is Anthony Cecil. He is a long-time
<br /> 82 member and current president of the club. We are coming before you this evening to request this
<br /> 83 recommendation to change the zoning designation from R1 to GC4 on the parcels owned by the Efland Ruritan
<br /> 84 Club. We believe this change would bring the property zoning in line with its current and historical uses, as well
<br /> 85 as with the County Future Land Use Plan. As Ruritan is one of the lesser known civic organizations, I'd like to
<br /> 86 take just a moment and share a little information about it. Ruritan is a national civic service organization made up
<br /> 87 of local clubs dedicated to improving their communities by identifying needs in their area and implementing
<br /> 88 solutions to address those needs. Club membership represents a cross section of the community in which the
<br /> 89 club serves. It is not restrictive with regard to occupation, social position or any other specific criteria. Currently,
<br /> 90 there are about 25,000 members in 900 communities nationwide. Our club in Efland was founded in 1981 when
<br /> 91 four local citizens saw a great opportunity to serve and support our community there. They came together to
<br /> 92 purchase the land from the Orange County School Board and charter the club to benefit Efland and Orange
<br /> 93 County,and we have been in operation ever since. Our mission as a nonprofit civic organization is to strengthen
<br /> 94 and improve our community through various activities and financial methods. Prior to the Club's existence, this
<br /> 95 property served as the local high school for the area and before that, as the site as the elementary school. Many
<br /> 96 local citizens have a strong connection to this site and happy memories from those times. Not long ago, I was
<br /> 97 chatting with one of our members about the history of the buildings while we were preparing a benefit dinner,and
<br /> 98 1 got to hear some really great stories about when he attended the high school. This sort of oral history is made
<br /> 99 possible by being able to gather together in this place and being able to pass those stories down helps to deepen
<br /> 100 the younger generations' connection to the community also. It's clear that this centrally located spot makes
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