Minutes 02-04-2025-Business Meeting

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4 A motion was made by Vice-Chair Hamilton, seconded by Commissioner Portie-Ascott, to approve the proclamation. VOTE: UNANIMOUS 5. Public Hearings a. Applications for Zoning Atlas Amendment, Comprehensive Plan Amendments, & UDO Text Amendments to Realize "Fiddlehead Corner", a Master Plan Development — Conditional District on an Unaddressed Parcel on Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, Bingham Township The Board held a public hearing, received public comment, received the Planning Board and staff recommendations, closed the public hearing, and considered action on applicant-initiated amendments to the A) Zoning Atlas, B) Comprehensive Plan, and C) Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) text to realize a Master Plan Development — Conditional District (MPD-CD) on a +/-90.133-acre unaddressed property(PIN: 9739-72-0339) located off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, within the Bingham Township. BACKGROUND: On December 29, 2023, Orange County received a Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment application (Attachment Al) proposing to rezone 90.133 acres of property (PIN: 9739-72-0339) off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, within Bingham Township. (Full application packet can be found here: https://centralpermits.orangecountVnc.gov/EnerGov Prod/SelfService#/plan/e63acbd9-28f5- 4398-a638-6a579665c9cc?tab=attachments.) The application is accompanied by a master plan for "Fiddlehead Corner", a 150-dwelling unit community featuring multifamily, townhome, and single-family housing options intermixed with a community center, fitness center, and accessible gardens and walking trails. Two "Family Care" centers are also featured in the master plan. This land use must be enabled as a permitted use within MPD-CD districts through a text amendment to UDO Section 5.2 and Article 10 (Section C). The community will feature a network of private roads that rely upon a public collector street that will intersect with both Morrow Mill Road and Gold Mine Loop. As discussed in Section B, the property lies partly within a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node as well as an Agricultural Residential area, as shown on the adopted Future Land Use Map of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan. The Staff Report in Attachment A2 contains additional information, maps, and analysis that accounts for this relationship with the County's adopted comprehensive plan and UDO, as well as the context of the property's zoning and proposed land use relative to the local area. Approval of a site-specific plan is part of the conditional district rezoning process, and the master plan and any agreed-upon conditions (Attachment Al) are binding to the property and any development permitted upon it. Conditional zoning allows for conditions to be voluntarily imposed upon a property that regulate it in unique ways related to the uses proposed for that property. Approval of a master plan — rather than a more detailed site plan — is part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Master Plan districts are intended "...to provide for unified large scale subdivisions, nonresidential, and mixed-use developments that promote economical and efficient land use, improved level of amenities, appropriate and harmonious variety, creative design, and a better environment through the approval of a general concept Master Plan the permits defined flexibility to accommodate land use adjustments in response to evolving market trends"(staff emphasis; Orange County UDO, p.3-63). Development of the property must be in accordance with an approved master plan and any conditions imposed as part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Staff has recommended the imposition of conditions, as presented by the applicant (Attachment Al) and included in the drafted Ordinance of approval (Attachment A9). The applicant has not requested conditions to deviate from the UDO's development standards.