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6 <br /> (Attachment B1). The letter cites demographic information included in the Orange County <br /> Master Aging Plan and the need to accommodate significant growth in the percentage of <br /> County adults ages 65+ with increased housing and neighborhoods designed to meet the <br /> needs of seniors. Staff analysis focuses on the development status of the RNANs <br /> countywide, not just at the local area (Morrow Mill Road and NC 54 intersection) of the <br /> zoning case. <br /> Rural Neighborhood Activity Node (RNAN) at Morrow Mill Road <br /> The 2030 Comprehensive Plan does not define an explicit purpose for activity nodes, but <br /> the Plan's principles, goals, and objectives all detail the need to minimize inefficient patterns <br /> of "rural sprawl" and realize efficient and compact use of the land using two basic strategies: <br /> activity nodes and infill development. The activity node strategy serves to cluster non- <br /> residential development at major intersections throughout the County in locations <br /> appropriate for serving the needs of the local residents. <br /> All ten (10) RNANs have been included on the FLUM since 1981 , and the majority of the <br /> developed non-residential uses existed at that time. Attachment B4 is a summary of the <br /> areas (in acreage) of present development status and land uses within the RNAN at Morrow <br /> Milll Road and NC 54. Approximately 46 acres (37%) within the existing node of 125 total <br /> acres have been developed. Existing non-residential land uses include the PSM Food Mart, <br /> Piedmont Feed and Garden Center, and the UNC-Chapel Hill Facility Support Building. <br /> Although 76-acres remain "undeveloped," this designation does not take into account site- <br /> specific characteristics such as stream and landscaping buffers, road rights-of-way, and <br /> stormwater control measures that are required of new development. While there is <br /> remaining development capacity within the existing RNAN at NC 54 and Morrow Mill Road, <br /> it is insufficient to practically accommodate a development the size of Fiddlehead Corner. <br /> Impacts to Rural Neighborhood Activity Nodes (RNANs) Countywide <br /> Hands Four Development is requesting MPD-CD (Master Plan Development — Conditional <br /> District) zoning, which is not currently listed as a compatible district for the RNAN Future <br /> Land Use classification within the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, Appendix F: Land Use and <br /> Zoning Matrix (Attachment B3). The zoning districts currently compatible within RNANs <br /> include: <br /> - LC-1 (Local Commercial-1); <br /> - NC-2 (Neighborhood Commercial-2); <br /> - ASE-CD (Agricultural Support Enterprises - Conditional District); <br /> - R-CD (Residential - Conditional District); and <br /> - NR-CD (Non-Residential - Conditional District). <br /> Attachment B5, "RNAN Countywide and Existing Development Status" and Attachment B6, <br /> "RNAN Countywide and Existing Zoning," offer some analysis of how much potential this <br /> amendment may create for MPD-CD rezoning requests countywide. There are a total of ten <br /> (10) RNANs in Orange County. All ten (10) RNANs were included on the FLUM since it was <br /> originally adopted in 1981 and have largely not been developed since that time. <br /> Approximately 580 acres (49.7%) within the RNANs are already developed, leaving 512 <br /> parcel acres "undeveloped". As previously noted, this does not account for site specific <br /> characteristics and development constraints (e.g. required buffers). <br />