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Approved 6.5.24 51 52 53 PUBLIC CHARGE 54 The Planning Board pledges to the citizens of Orange County its respect. The Board asks 55 its citizens to conduct themselves in a respectful, courteous manner, both with the Board 56 and with fellow citizens. At any time, should any member of the Board or any citizen fail to 57 observe this public charge, the Chair will ask the offending member to leave the meeting 58 until that individual regains personal control. Should decorum fail to be restored, the Chair 59 will recess the meeting until such time that a genuine commitment to this public charge is 60 observed. 61 62 AGENDA ITEM 6: CHAIR COMMENTS 63 None. 64 65 AGENDA ITEM 7: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT(CONVENTIONAL DISTRICT)-To review and make a recommendation 66 to the BOCC on an applicant-initiated zoning atlas amendment to rezone two parcels totaling +/-9.37 acres from 67 R-1 (Rural Residential) to GC-4 (General Commercial). The parcels are located at 3009 Forrest Ave., Efland 68 within the Cheeks Township (PINs: 9854-18-4217 and 9854-18-9274). This item is scheduled for BOCC public 69 hearing on June 4, 2024. 70 71 PRESENTER:TAYLOR PERSCHAU, CURRENT PLANNING AND ZONING MANAGER. 72 73 Taylor Perschau: We'll move to Item 7 which is a Zoning Atlas Amendment for a Conventional District 74 Rezoning from R1, Rural Residential to GC4, General Commercial. I'm Taylor Perschau, the Current Planning 75 and Zoning Manager. I'm going to walk you through the specifics of the requests, kind of just the process 76 overview and the specific details that staff is particularly interested. And then I will also have the opportunity to 77 introduce you to the applicant,who can speak for their own application better than I. So,we are talking about two 78 parcels in Efland that are at 3009 and 3100 Forrest Avenue. The applicant tonight is Efland Ruritan Club. So,as 79 a reminder of the different zoning options, we are talking about a Conventional District Zoning tonight. We have 80 Conventional, and then we also have Conditional as a rezoning option. With Conventional,we're going from one 81 category to another that is a broad, general zoning that's inclusive of multiple different uses. It does not require 82 a site-specific plan. Basically, opens up the property for this one, to GC4. If we did our math right, there are 52 83 different permitted uses within GC4, so we're moving tonight from a residential to what would potentially be a 84 commercial district. Your objective tonight is to hear from me, the applicant, and any public, to review and 85 discuss the analysis and Director's recommendation, and then come to a determination to recommend either 86 approval or denial to the Board of County Commissioners that will make the final decision. So, an overview of 87 the request is that we are over here just west of Hillsborough on US 70. Again,that's 3009, 3100 Forrest Avenue 88 in Efland. It's in the Cheeks Township. The watershed is the Upper Eno Protected, and again, the applicant is 89 Efland Ruritan who has historically owned and maintained the property and uses it for various nonresidential 90 uses at present. So, Rural Residential is what it's currently zoned, which is not in alignment with its 91 nonresidential use today. The overlays that are true for the property are that Upper Eno Protected Watershed 92 and the Efland Village Overlay. The Village Overlay is one that's applied when we have site plans that come in 93 and it basically applies specific setbacks or height restrictions that are specific to this Efland Village area, so this 94 area with the horizontal striping is the Village and then to the south, we have Efland Interstate Overlay, which 95 similarly applies different setbacks, and site plan specific standards when the site plan comes through. You will 96 see that the majority of the surrounding zoning is the yellow, R1. We do have some Neighborhood Commercial 97 here in the red and to the east, we have Agricultural Residential. To the south is the Office Research and 98 Manufacturing. Of course,when we're talking about any kind of rezoning whether it's Conventional or 99 Conditional,we always have the Future Land Use Map and the Comprehensive Plan in mind, and your task, the 100 Board of County Commissioners, and staffs' task is all to consider whether the rezoning would be in alignment