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ATTACIIMENT TWO (2) STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY: <br />STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY <br />OF THE <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMIVIISSIONERS <br />PURSUANT TO NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTE 153A-341 <br />REGARDING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT TO <br />THE ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS FOR <br />BUCKHORN ROAD ASSOCAITES LLC <br />(PD-Ol-08) <br />Orange County has received and reviewed the application of Buckhorn Road Associates, LLC, <br />(the "Applicant") to amend the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and Atlas to rezone four (4) <br />parcels of real property containing approximately one hundred and thirty (130) acres from <br />Economic Development District (I-85/Buckhorn Road EDD) and/or Rural Residential One (R=1) <br />to Buckhorn Village Planned Development -Economic Development District (BVPD-ED). The <br />parcels are identified more particularly in the relevant application for amendment submitted by <br />the Applicant. <br />The Orange County Board of Commussioners has determined that the action is consistent with <br />Orange County's adopted comprehensive plan, and the Board of Commissioners proposed action <br />on the amendment is reasonable and in the public interest for the following reasons: <br />1) The proposed Amendment will allow for the development of a parcel of property <br />within the County consistent with existing overall policies and development strategies <br />embodied within the: <br />a. Orange County Economic Development Strategic Plan for Crrowth; <br />b. The Economic Development element of the Comprehensive Plan; and <br />c. The Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan. <br />2) That property(s) subject to the Zoning Atlas amendment are properly situated and <br />located to be served by existing major roads and mass transit facilities. <br />3) That property(s) subject to the Zoning Atlas amendment are located in an area where <br />the necessary utility infrastructure is available to support the proposed development. <br />Adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners this day of <br />2008. <br />~~ <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />