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ORANGE COUNTY <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 6, 2025 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 7 <br />SUBJECT: Application for Zoning Atlas Amendment – 3531 NC Highway 54 W, Chapel <br />Hill, Bingham Township <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br />ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />1.Application, including Site Plan and <br />Supplemental Materials <br />2.Staff Report <br />3.Notification Materials and Certification <br />4.Neighborhood Information Meeting <br />Materials <br />5.Development Advisory Committee and <br />Courtesy Review Comments <br />6.Statements of Consistency and <br />Inconsistency <br />7.Draft Ordinance, Including Proposed <br />Conditions <br />Lauren Honeycutt, Planner II, 919-245-2598 <br />Cy Stober, Planning & Inspections Director, <br />(919) 245-2592 <br />Taylor Perschau, Current Planning and <br /> Zoning Manager, 919-245-2597 <br />PURPOSE: To review and make a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners <br />(BOCC) on a Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone +/- 61.11 acres (PIN: 9749-42-2010) located <br />at 3531 NC Highway 54 W, Chapel Hill, within the Bingham Township of Orange County. The <br />proposed rezoning is: <br />FROM: R-1 (Rural Residential) <br />TO: R-CD (Residential - Conditional District) <br />BACKGROUND: A Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment application (Attachment 1) was <br />received from Forestar Group, Inc., on behalf of Carolyn Rigsbee, proposing to rezone <br />approximately 61.11 acres of property at 3531 NC Highway 54 W, Chapel Hill to allow for <br />development of a 43-lot conservation cluster subdivision for single-family dwellings. All <br />application materials can be found on the Orange County Permit Portal. The Staff Report in <br />Attachment 2 contains additional information, maps, and analysis with regard to the application’s <br />consistency with County adopted plans. Approval of a site-specific plan is part of the conditional <br />district rezoning process, and the site plan and any agreed-upon conditions are binding to the <br />development permitted for the zoning district. <br />Basic Review Process: A conditional district rezoning application requires submission of a site <br />plan and other documents, in accordance with Section 2.9.1(C) of the Orange County Unified <br />Development Ordinance (UDO). Sections 2.8 and 2.9 of the Orange County UDO require the <br />following review: <br />•FIRST ACTION – Applicant holds a Neighborhood Information Meeting (NIM). <br />17