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<br />Surrounding Land Uses and Zoning <br /> <br />North  R1 (Rural Residential) <br /> Interstate 40 corridor and undeveloped <br />South  R1 (Rural Residential) <br /> Grady Brown Elementary School <br />East  R1 (Rural Residential) and R20 <br />Residential (Town of Hillsborough) <br /> Interstate 40 corridor, low density <br />residential, and undeveloped <br />West  R1 (Rural Residential) <br /> Low density residential and undeveloped <br />Existing Roads <br />North Interstate 40 corridor <br />South New Grady Brown School Road <br />East Orange Grove Road <br />West None <br />Existing Conditions/Physical Features <br />Cedar Ridge High School currently operates on the +/- 69.58-acre tract. The existing high school was <br />permitted in 2001. The existing site includes the main school facility and several accessory structures and <br />uses, including tennis courts, baseball fields, track and field facilities, concessions, and bleachers. <br />Currently, the site meets landscaping and parking requirements for the existing school. <br />Public Water and Sewer <br />The site is served via public water and sewer (Town of Hillsborough system). <br /> <br />Proposed Project <br />Proposed Development <br />Orange County, in coordination with Orange County Schools, has initiated a Zoning Atlas Amendments to <br />bring the existing Cedar Ridge High School site into compliance with the Orange County Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO) and to allow for future development. The existing high school was permitted <br />in 2001 following the site plan review process. In 2021, Orange County adopted several amendments to the <br />UDO to address zoning changes at the state level. As part of this process, the UDO was modified, no <br />longer allowing for schools in the R-1, Rural Residential zoning district. This action resulted in Cedar Ridge <br />High School becoming a legal non-conforming use. Based on the UDO, a legal non-conforming use is <br />allowed to continue operations, however, these uses are not allowed to expand. As a result, the proposed <br />pole barn could not be approved as an accessory structure without correcting the non-conforming status of <br />the existing land use. <br />Approval of the proposed zoning atlas amendment will bring the existing school site into compliance with <br />the UDO, allow for the construction of the proposed pole barn, and allow for future development and <br />47