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4 <br /> 1 5. Public Hearings <br /> 2 a. Applications for Zoning Atlas Amendment, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, & UDO <br /> 3 Text Amendments to Realize "Fiddlehead Corner", a Master Plan Development — <br /> 4 Conditional District on an Unaddressed Parcel on Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, <br /> 5 Bingham Township <br /> 6 The Board held a public hearing, received public comment, received the Planning Board and staff <br /> 7 recommendations, closed the public hearing, and considered action on applicant-initiated <br /> 8 amendments to the A) Zoning Atlas, B) Comprehensive Plan, and C) Unified Development <br /> 9 Ordinance (UDO) text to realize a Master Plan Development— Conditional District (MPD-CD) on <br /> 10 a +/-90.133-acre unaddressed property(PIN: 9739-72-0339) located off Morrow Mill Road at Gold <br /> 11 Mine Loop, within the Bingham Township. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 BACKGROUND: On December 29, 2023, Orange County received a Conditional Zoning Atlas <br /> 14 Amendment application (Attachment Al) proposing to rezone 90.133 acres of property (PIN: <br /> 15 9739-72-0339) off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, within Bingham Township. (Full <br /> 16 application packet can be found here: <br /> 17 https://centralpermits.orangecountync.gov/EnerGov Prod/SelfService#/plan/e63acbd9-28f5- <br /> 18 4398-a638-6a579665c9cc?tab=attach ments.) The application is accompanied by a master plan <br /> 19 for "Fiddlehead Corner", a 150-dwelling unit community featuring multifamily, townhome, and <br /> 20 single-family housing options intermixed with a community center, fitness center, and accessible <br /> 21 gardens and walking trails. Two "Family Care" centers are also featured in the master plan. This <br /> 22 land use must be enabled as a permitted use within MPD-CD districts through a text amendment <br /> 23 to UDO Section 5.2 and Article 10 (Section C). The community will feature a network of private <br /> 24 roads that rely upon a public collector street that will intersect with both Morrow Mill Road and <br /> 25 Gold Mine Loop. As discussed in Section B, the property lies partly within a Rural Neighborhood <br /> 26 Activity Node as well as an Agricultural Residential area, as shown on the adopted Future Land <br /> 27 Use Map of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The Staff Report in Attachment A2 contains additional <br /> 28 information, maps, and analysis that accounts for this relationship with the County's adopted <br /> 29 comprehensive plan and LIDO, as well as the context of the property's zoning and proposed land <br /> 30 use relative to the local area. Approval of a site-specific plan is part of the conditional district <br /> 31 rezoning process, and the master plan and any agreed-upon conditions (Attachment Al) are <br /> 32 binding to the property and any development permitted upon it. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Conditional zoning allows for conditions to be voluntarily imposed upon a property that regulate it <br /> 35 in unique ways related to the uses proposed for that property. Approval of a master plan — rather <br /> 36 than a more detailed site plan — is part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Master Plan districts <br /> 37 are intended "...to provide for unified large scale subdivisions, nonresidential, and mixed-use <br /> 38 developments that promote economical and efficient land use, improved level of amenities, <br /> 39 appropriate and harmonious variety, creative design, and a better environment through the <br /> 40 approval of a general concept Master Plan the permits defined flexibility to accommodate <br /> 41 land use adjustments in response to evolving market trends" (staff emphasis; Orange County <br /> 42 UDO, p.3-63). Development of the property must be in accordance with an approved master plan <br /> 43 and any conditions imposed as part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Staff has recommended <br /> 44 the imposition of conditions, as presented by the applicant (Attachment Al) and included in the <br /> 45 drafted Ordinance of approval (Attachment A9). The applicant has not requested conditions to <br /> 46 deviate from the UDO's development standards. <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Should the application be approved, development of the property will be permitted only through <br /> 49 the review and approval of a submitted site plan application(s) in accordance with Section 2.5 of <br /> 50 the UDO. This allows for staff to verify all imposed conditions are adhered to, and allow for final <br />