Agenda - 04-15-2025; 8-a - Minutes

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6 1 SECTION A: ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT 2 3 BACKGROUND: On December 29, 2023, Orange County received a Conditional Zoning Atlas 4 Amendment application (Attachment Al) proposing to rezone 90.133 acres of property (PIN: 5 9739-72-0339) off Morrow Mill Road at Gold Mine Loop, within Bingham Township. The 6 application is accompanied by a master plan for "Fiddlehead Corner", a 150-dwelling unit 7 community featuring multifamily, townhome, and single-family housing options intermixed with a 8 community center, fitness center, and accessible gardens and walking trails. Two "Family Care" 9 centers are also featured in the master plan. This land use must be enabled as a permitted use 10 within MPD-CD districts through a text amendment to UDO Section 5.2 and Article 10 (Section 11 C). The community will feature a network of private roads that rely upon a public collector street 12 that will intersect with both Morrow Mill Road and Gold Mine Loop. As discussed in Section B, 13 the property lies partly within a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node as well as an Agricultural 14 Residential area, as shown on the adopted Future Land Use Map of the 2030 Comprehensive 15 Plan. The Staff Report in Attachment A2 contains additional information, maps, and analysis that 16 accounts for this relationship with the County's adopted comprehensive plan and LIDO, as well 17 as the context of the property's zoning and proposed land use relative to the local area. Approval 18 of a site-specific plan is part of the conditional district rezoning process, and the master plan and 19 any agreed-upon conditions (Attachment Al) are binding to the property and any development 20 permitted upon it. 21 22 Conditional zoning allows for conditions to be voluntarily imposed upon a property that regulate it 23 in unique ways related to the uses proposed for that property. Approval of a master plan — rather 24 than a more detailed site plan — is part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Master Plan districts 25 are intended "...to provide for unified large scale subdivisions, nonresidential, and mixed-use 26 developments that promote economical and efficient land use, improved level of amenities, 27 appropriate and harmonious variety, creative design, and a better environment through the 28 approval of a general concept Master Plan the permits defined flexibility to accommodate 29 land use adjustments in response to evolving market trends" (staff emphasis; Orange County 30 UDO, p.3-63). Development of the property must be in accordance with an approved master plan 31 and any conditions imposed as part of the MPD-CD rezoning process. Staff has recommended 32 the imposition of conditions, as presented by the applicant (Attachment All) and included in the 33 drafted Ordinance of approval (Attachment A9). The applicant has not requested conditions to 34 deviate from the UDO's development standards. 35 36 Should the application be approved, development of the property will be permitted only through 37 the review and approval of a submitted site plan application(s) in accordance with Section 2.5 of 38 the UDO. This allows for staff to verify all imposed conditions are adhered to, and allow for final 39 review by members of the County's Development Advisory Committee (DAC) as detailed within 40 Section 1.9 of the UDO. 41 42 PROPOSED CONDITIONS: The applicant provided updated conditions to the Planning 43 Director on December 19, 2024, (Attachment Al) reflecting the discussion and stated 44 commitments made at the July 10, 2024 Planning Board meeting. Pursuant to UDO Section 45 2.9.1(F)(3), mutually agreed-upon conditions can be imposed on the MPD-CD as part of this 46 process if they address: 47 48 a. The compatibility of the proposed development with surrounding property, 49 b. Proposed support facilities (i.e. roadways, and access points, screening and buffer 50 areas, the timing of development, etc.), and/or