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<br />are shown on the map. It does identify flood plain, wetlands, bottom land, hardwood forests and soils of importance 557
<br />that are of conservation value, so that has been noted in that letter in that section. The letter, I believe is Attachment 558
<br />5 as part of the zoning atlas agenda item, you can find it there. These flood plains, wetlands, hardwood forests, soils 559
<br />of importance, that reflects what's included in the letter. Just a little bit of analysis of the neighborhood node. So, this 560
<br />is the node at Morrow Mill and centered at NC 54. The node is a quarter mile radius and based on an assumption, 561
<br />what we've tried to do here is try to make some determination of, well, how much of that existing node is developed 562
<br />versus undeveloped, and in order to do that you have to make an assumption, and the assumption that's used here, 563
<br />the areas that are shown in darker blue as developed, the assumption is if there's a structure on a lot that's 20 acres 564
<br />or greater in size, we're saying that's developed, so again, it's up to individual property owners choices. There may 565
<br />be some development potential that's left on those lots that are 20 acres or less in size that we're calling developed, 566
<br />but, generally that's the assumption that we've made here. You change that assumption and the map here would 567
<br />look a little bit different. So based on that assumption, approximately 37 percent of the acreage within the node is 568
<br />developed. Just a little bit about land uses in the area, we do have some non-residential uses, the PSM Food Mart, 569
<br />the Piedmont Feed and Garden Center, and the UNC Chapel Hill facility there as well. There are also 16 single 570
<br />family homes located within the node. So, there's been reference to Appendix F in the comprehensive plan. The 571
<br />amendment is to add MPD-CD, Master Plan Development Conditional District as a compatible use within the rural 572
<br />neighborhood activity node. The matrix does provide that linkage, that connection for consistency between the future 573
<br />land use classifications on the map with zoning districts that are part of the zoning atlas and this amendment would 574
<br />establish that consistency between the comprehensive plan and the applicant's request for its rezoning and with this 575
<br />matrix the only change is highlighted in that red box, adding a diamond there at the rural neighborhood activity node. 576
<br />Noting that, in the rural neighborhood activity node, the only conditional district that is not currently consistent is 577
<br />MPD-CD, so there are three other conditional districts that are permissible within that node. The applicant's request 578
<br />for amendments is based on the premise that changes have occurred and are occurring in the county. The changes 579
<br />are reflected in the letter of request from the applicant, that's Attachment 1 in your packet and just very generally, it's 580
<br />more detailed in the letter, but that letter speaks largely to changing demographics in the county, the growing senior 581
<br />age population, those age 65 and over, and the need for housing and neighborhoods to meet their needs. Staff has 582
<br />put together this slide and the subsequent slide to provide some land use-related information about all of the rural 583
<br />neighborhood activity nodes countywide. If that matrix were amended to include that MPD-CD, then it would also be 584
<br />permissible in the other nodes that are throughout the county, so that brings me to this slide. There are ten 585
<br />countywide, including the node at Morrow Mill and NC 54, totaling a little over 1,100 acres based on the same 586
<br />assumption used previously about the 20-acre lot size being developed with a structure on it, 48 percent of the 587
<br />neighborhood nodes countywide could be considered developed noting that this does not represent the actual 588
<br />impervious development footprint, it's just based solely on lot size. These nodes have been included as part of our 589
<br />land use element on the Future Land Use Map since it was originally adopted in 1981. The same applies with our 590
<br />rural community activity nodes, as well, those have been on the map since the original plan, as well, and were carried 591
<br />over in the 2006 comprehensive plan that we're currently discussing today. Staff analysis as required under UDO 592
<br />Section 2.3, the planning director is to cause an analysis to be made in the application and prepare a 593
<br />recommendation. The planning director has acknowledged that the application is complete, that Appendix F is 594
<br />supportive of the principals, goals and objectives outlined in the comprehensive plan, the proposal does speak to 595
<br />changing demographic conditions in the county and that the proposal establishes consistency between the 596
<br />comprehensive plan and the requests for the rezoning. The MPD-CD zoning district was originally established to be 597
<br />a mechanism through which innovative proposals could be considered. I will add here that I have not listed on this 598
<br />slide the consistent goals and objectives and principles, those are all listed specifically in your abstract, I just didn't 599
<br />want to take up this time and the space on this slide here, but those are in your packet within the abstract. And then, 600
<br />finally, the text amendment application features a complementary amendment to Article 3 MPD-CD standards 601
<br />regarding the future land use classifications that support MPD-CD. So that concludes the presentation. I will just 602
<br />address the one question to the extent that I am able, those nodes were established in the original 1981 plan. There 603
<br />is a little bit of information in the plan regarding the definitions of those areas and I didn't provide the definition for the 604
<br />rural community activity node in the slide deck, this was the larger node that was located at the intersection of NC 54 605
<br />and White Cross, and as defined, a rural community activity node is land focused on designation road intersections 606
<br />which serve as a nodal crossroads for the surrounding rural community and is an appropriate location for any of the 607
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