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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 4, 2025 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 5-a <br /> SUBJECT: Zoning Atlas Amendment — 4809 Friends School Road, Durham, Chapel Hill <br /> Township <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Application, including Site Plan and Lauren Honeycutt, Planner II, 919-245-2598 <br /> Supplemental Materials Cy Stober, Planning & Inspections Director, <br /> 2. Staff Report (919) 245-2592 <br /> 3. Notification Materials and Certification Taylor Perschau, Current Planning and Zoning <br /> 4. Neighborhood Information Meeting Manager, 919-245-2597 <br /> Materials <br /> 5. Development Advisory Committee and <br /> Courtesy Review Comments <br /> 6. June 4, 2025 Planning Board Minutes <br /> and Signed Statement of Consistency <br /> 7. Statement of Consistency <br /> 8. Statement of Inconsistency <br /> 9. Ordinance Approving Zoning Atlas <br /> Amendments, Including Proposed <br /> Conditions <br /> PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing, receive the Planning Board and staff recommendations, <br /> and public comment, close the public hearing, and consider action on a Zoning Atlas <br /> Amendment to rezone +/- 110.456 acres (PINs: 9892-31-0306, 9892-22-7326, 9892-20-2052) <br /> located at 4809 Friends School Road, Durham, within the Chapel Hill Township of Orange <br /> County. The proposed rezoning is: <br /> FROM: PDHRB (Planned Development Housing - Rural Buffer); RB (Rural Buffer) <br /> TO: NR-CD (Non-Residential Conditional District) <br /> BACKGROUND: A Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment application (Attachment 1) was <br /> received proposing to rezone approximately 110.456 acres of property at 4809 Friends School <br /> Road, Durham, to 1) bring the existing school into compliance with the current Unified <br /> Development Ordinance (UDO); and 2) allow for future expansion as enrollment increases. <br /> The parcels' current zoning is Rural Buffer (RB) and Planned Development Housing - Rural <br /> Buffer (PDHRB). Planned Development (PD) was a zoning technique prior to 2011 when it was <br /> replaced with Conditional Use Districts (CUD). CUDs were replaced with Conditional Districts in <br /> 2020, as a result of the North Carolina General Statute (NCGS) 160D amendments which <br /> removed CUDs as a possible technique. The "H" in PDH-RB stands for Housing; the RB stands <br /> for Rural Buffer. The nomenclature followed the requirements of the regulations at the time. <br />