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4 <br /> 3. The Fiddlehead Neighborhood Commons Building will be constructed as part of <br /> Phase 1 and will provide a full kitchen, meeting rooms, gathering rooms for collective <br /> meals for residents and guests, fitness/exercise rooms/equipment, office space for <br /> remote and in person medical therapy including vaccination clinics, etc.; <br /> 4. The Health & Fitness Center shall be constructed as part of Phase 2 or 3 and will <br /> include an exercise pool and fitness equipment; <br /> 5. The maximum number of bedrooms permitted shall be 300; and <br /> 6. Provision of Type E (75') and F (100') perimeter buffers for the entire property. <br /> Other conditions are detailed by the applicant, but are redundant with UDO development <br /> standards and/or commitments already detailed previously in the narrative and/or site plan. <br /> ZONING APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS: A MPD-CD rezoning application requires <br /> submission of a master plan consistent with the provisions of Section 6.7 of the UDO. The <br /> typical cadence for review is as follows: <br /> • First Action — Applicant holds a Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM). <br /> Staff Comment: The Neighborhood Information Meeting was held on April 15, <br /> 2024, at 6 pm at the Orange County Public Library. Notes from this meeting are <br /> in Attachment A4. <br /> • Second Action — The Planning Board reviews the application at a regular meeting <br /> and makes a recommendation to the BOCC. <br /> Staff Comment: The Planning Board reviewed this application at its regular <br /> meetings on June 5 and July 10, 2024. Minutes from these meetings are in <br /> Attachment A5. <br /> • Third Action — The BOCC receives the Planning Board and staff recommendations <br /> at an advertised public hearing and makes a decision on the application. <br /> Staff Comment: The public hearing was opened by the BOCC on February 4, <br /> 2025, and continued to March 6 by a unanimous vote. In accordance with Section <br /> 2.8.7 of the UDO, notices of the public hearing were mailed via first class mail to <br /> property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject parcel. These notices were <br /> mailed on January 17, 2025, 18 days before the meeting. Staff also posted the <br /> subject parcel with a sign [or signs] on January 21, 2025, 14 days before the <br /> meeting. See Attachment A3 for the notification materials. <br /> SECTION B: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS <br /> Concurrent with the Zoning Atlas application, Hands Four Development Cooperative submitted <br /> an application (Attachment 131) to amend the Comprehensive Plan to 1) expand the Rural <br /> Neighborhood Activity Node (RNAN) at Morrow Mill Road and NC 54 on the Future Land Use <br /> Map (FLUM); and 2) add the MPD-CD zoning district as an allowable zoning district in the <br /> RNAN on the Appendix F Land Use and Zoning Matrix. State law and the UDO require the <br /> Board to make a finding of consistency with the adopted Comprehensive Plan when making <br /> land use changes. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are necessary for <br />