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218 <br /> Attachment 8 <br /> STATEMENT OF INCONSISTENCY <br /> OF A PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS MAP AMENDMENT <br /> WITH THE ADOPTED ORANGE COUNTY 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> An applicant-initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas has been reviewed to rezone a parcel as <br /> follows: <br /> Parcel Owner of <br /> Identification Township Record Current Zoning Proposed Zoning <br /> Number (PIN) <br /> Carolyn ' R-1 (Rural Residential) R-CD (Residential <br /> 9749-42-2010 Bingham ■ (Not in a Water Supply <br /> Rigsbee Watershed) Conditional District) <br /> The Board of County Commissioners hereby finds: <br /> a. The requirements of Section 2.8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance <br /> Amendments and 2.9.1 Conditional Districts of the LIDO have been reviewed and the <br /> following conditions are not reasonable amendments to the adopted Zoning Atlas due <br /> to due to potential impacts upon the quality of life and incompatibility of land uses to <br /> surrounding properties, as required by Sections 2.8 and 2.9.1 of the Orange County UDO: <br /> 1. The subject property shall be developed generally in accordance with the <br /> proposed site plan submitted as a part of this application ("Site Plan"); and <br /> 2. The minimum lot size shall be 20,000 square feet. <br /> Pursuant to Sections 1 .1.5 Statement of Intent - Amendments, and 1.1.7 Conformance <br /> with Adopted Plans of the UDO and to Section 160D-604(d) Planning Board review and <br /> comment— Plan Consistency and 160D-605(a) Governing Board Statement— Plan <br /> Consistency of the North Carolina General Statutes, the Board finds sufficient <br /> documentation within the record denoting that the amendment is not in the public <br /> interest and is an unreasonable zoning application for approval, due to its <br /> inconsistency with the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan. More specifically, the <br /> "Rigsbee" subdivision proposes 43 lots featuring a "typical lot" of 20,000-square feet in <br /> area, which is a smaller lot size than those found in the immediate area of the subject <br /> property. While permissible as a conservation cluster subdivision and a condition of <br /> zoning approval, approval of this application will disrupt the character of the surrounding <br /> community and area, features 1-acre residential lots but also is composed of larger rural <br /> residential lots. Principles 2 and 8 of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan respectively require <br /> consideration of whether land use changes provide "Growth and development within the <br /> county should occur in a pattern, location, and density that is sustainable over the long- <br />