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6 <br /> 1 Staff Comment: The Planning Board reviewed this application at its regular <br /> 2 meetings on June 5 and July 10, 2024. Minutes from these meetings are in <br /> 3 Attachment A5. <br /> 4 • Third Action — The BOCC receives the Planning Board and staff recommendations <br /> 5 at an advertised public hearing and makes a decision on the application. <br /> 6 Staff Comment: The public hearing is scheduled to be held on February 4, 2025. <br /> 7 In accordance with Section 2.8.7 of the UDO, notices of the public hearing were <br /> 8 mailed via first class mail to property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject parcel. <br /> 9 These notices were mailed on January 17, 2025, 18 days before the meeting. Staff <br /> 10 also posted the subject parcel with a sign [or signs] on January 21, 2025, 14 days <br /> 11 before the meeting. See Attachment A3 for the notification materials. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 SECTION B: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS <br /> 14 <br /> 15 Concurrent with the Zoning Atlas application, Hands Four Development Cooperative submitted <br /> 16 an application (Attachment 131) to amend the Comprehensive Plan to 1) expand the Rural <br /> 17 Neighborhood Activity Node (RNAN) at Morrow Mill Road and NC 54 on the Future Land Use <br /> 18 Map (FLUM); and 2) add the MPD-CD zoning district as an allowable zoning district in the RNAN <br /> 19 on the Appendix F Land Use and Zoning Matrix. State law and the UDO require the Board to <br /> 20 make a finding of consistency with the adopted Comprehensive Plan when making land use <br /> 21 changes. The proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Plan are necessary for the Board to <br /> 22 make this consistency finding in regard to the submitted Fiddlehead Corner zoning application <br /> 23 detailed in Section A above. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 "The [Orange County 2030 Comprehensive Plan] Future Land Use Map (FLUM) defines the <br /> 26 location of coordinated and appropriate land use classes and is designed to accommodate a <br /> 27 particular combination of land uses that would achieve a desired pattern of development... [t]he <br /> 28 Map also provides the development community and staff with clear guidance to the locations in <br /> 29 the County where re-zonings may be appropriate and where they are not" (2030 Comprehensive <br /> 30 Plan, p. 5-15). <br /> 31 <br /> 32 The subject property is currently split between two Future Land Use Classes, Agricultural <br /> 33 Residential (AR) and Rural Neighborhood Activity Node (RNAN). These land use classes provide <br /> 34 guidance on how the property may be used and regulated through zoning. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 "Agricultural Residential" is defined in the Comprehensive Plan as, "Land in the rural areas <br /> 37 where the prevailing land use activities are related to the land (agriculture, forestry) and <br /> 38 which is an appropriate location for the continuation of these uses." <br /> 39 <br /> 40 "Rural Neighborhood Activity Node" (RNAN) is defined in the Comprehensive Plan as, <br /> 41 "Land focused on designated road intersections within the rural area that is appropriate <br /> 42 for small-scale commercial uses characteristic of"Mom and Pop"convenience stores and <br /> 43 gas stations." <br /> 44 <br /> 45 The proposed FLUM amendment expands the RNAN at Morrow Mill Road and NC-54 from its <br /> 46 current +/-18.493 acres to the full 90.133 acres of the property. The expanded area realized <br /> 47 through the proposed amendment is +/-71.64 acres (Attachments B2 and 134). <br /> 48 <br /> 49 The applicant also proposes to amend the Comprehensive Plan's Land Use and Zoning Matrix in <br /> 50 Appendix F to allow the MPD-CD zoning district within the RNAN future land use classification <br />