HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 02-02-1999 - 9eORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 2, 1999
Action Agenda
Item# 9- !e�
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SUBJECT: PROPOSED PUBLIC HEARING ADVERTISEMENT— FEBRUARY 22, 1999
DEPARTMENT: PLANNING & INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X_No
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes X No
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Proposed Public Hearing Legal Advertisement Karen Lincoln - Extension 2583
Attachments for public hearing items under separate cover Gene Bell - Extension 2592
TELEPHONE NUMBERS
Hillsborough 732 -8181
Durham 688 -7331
Mebane 227 -2031
Chapel Hill 967 -9251
PURPOSE: To approve the legal advertisement for items proposed for the February 22, 1999,
quarterly public hearing.
BACKGROUND: The next regular quarterly public hearing is scheduled for February 22, 1999. A
summary of each item proposed for public hearing is provided below. The proposed
legal advertisement and background information on the public hearing items are
attached. The advertisement is scheduled for consideration by the Board of
Commisssioners on February 2,1999.
ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS
1. PD -3 -98 Lawrence Park Planned Development
This hearing is being resumed from the November 23, 1998, public
hearing. At that public hearing, the Board voted to keep the public
hearing open in order for the applicant to submit more information on
storm water management and information about other similar
development that the company has built in other areas in North Carolina.
The Board also directed staff to obtain more information from Emergency
Management Services, Recreation and Parks, and the Board of
Education with respect to the impact of the proposed development on
those services.
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The property is located in Eno Township on the east side of Lawrence
(SR 1709) approximately 400 feet south of US Highway 70A and 200 feet
north of Interstate -85. Lannie Drive (SR 1831) intersects Lawrence Road
just south of the property. The applicant is requesting a change in zoning
from Rural Residential (R -1) to Planned Development Housing
(PD- H -R -3) for an 83.32 -acre parcel. Adjacent land uses are single -
family residential zoned R -1, R -2, and R-4, and a church. The property is
located in the Twenty -Year Transition Area.
The applicant requests a Class A Special Use Permit to allow
development of the subject property for 237 single - family residential units
at a density of 2.8 units per acre. The parcel is referenced as part of lot
17 on Tax Map 4, Eno Township. Proposed lot sizes will average 7725
square feet with an average house size of 1550 square feet. The site plan
includes 26.37 acres (31.6 %) open space featuring 7.17 acres of
improved recreation area. The proposed lots will be served by new public
roads and water and sewer from the Town of Hillsborough. Access to the
site will be from Lawrence Road, US 70A, and Lori Drive.
2. Z -01 -99 Armin Lieth
The applicant is requesting to rezone approximately 4.0 acres of an 11.5
acre lot identified by PIN 9749 -50 -8084 (tax map reference 6.30B..10)
from R1, Rural Residential, to NC -2, Neighborhood Commercial ll; to
rezone approximately 2.5 acres of the same lot to LC -1, Local
Commercial I; and, to rezone approximately 1.5 acres of an 11.5 acre lot
identified by PIN 9748 -59 -4995 (tax map reference 6.308..9) from R1,
Rural Residential to LC -1, Local Commercial I.
The property is located on the South side of N.C. Hwy. 54, between
Butler Road (SR 1951) and White Cross Road (SR 1952), Bingham
Township. The Land Use Element, Orange County Comprehensive Plan
designates the area within a one -half mile radius surrounding the
intersection of N.C. 54 and White Cross Road as a Rural Community
Activity Node. The Plan identifies the LCA Local Commercial and NC -2
Neighborhood Commercial Zoning Districts as appropriate for a Rural
Community Activity Node.
The Orange County Zoning Ordinance limits the maximum amount of
land zoned LCA and the maximum amount of land zoned NC -2 at any
node not to exceed nine (9) acres; a maximum of five (5) acres shall
apply where population density is lower and distributed more widely than
in the Transition areas. Currently, approximately five (5) acres of land
within the White Cross Rural Community Node is zoned LCA and
approximately five (5) acres of land is zoned NC -2; remaining land is
zoned R -1, Rural Residential, or AR, Agricultural Residential.
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ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
1. CP -1 -99 Apex Northwest Partnership
Apex Northwest Partnership requests an amendment to the Land Use
Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan to expand the Ten -
Year Transition plan category to land currently designated Agricultural
Residential. The property in question is north of the Town of Hillsborough
and lies between NC 86 and NC 57 and north of Rocky Lane (SR 1622).
It lies west and north of Mars Hill Baptist Church which is approximately
1.25 miles north of the intersection of NC 86 and NC 57. The property is
undeveloped, contains 312.96 acres, and is further referenced as parcel
14, tax map 3, Hillsborough Township. The southern portion of the
property is proposed for dedication as a school site. A smaller tract
containing 78.11 acres referenced as parcel 1A, tax map 5, block B,
Hillsborough Township, and owned by Eva P. Brown et al and Lanie B.
Powell is adjacent to the Apex Northwest Partnership tract on the south
and is also included in the request.
2. Bicycle Transportation Plan Component
Amend SECTION 2.6 OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENTS to include the ORANGE COUNTY BICYCLE
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. An amendment to include a Bicycle
Transportation Plan Component is necessary because the Durham -
Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization is currently
updating the 1993 DCHC Regional Bicycle Plan and will have to include
consideration of locally adopted Bicycle Plans in the update; Bicycle
Commuting is being advocated by environmental groups and the NC
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air
Quality; the proposed Bicycle Transportation Plan was developed by
Orange County Bicyclists; and the BOCC has directed it through their
adopted Goals and Objectives.
RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the attached advertisement for
theFebruary 22,1999, quarterly public hearing.
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
A public hearing will be held in the Judge F. Gordon Battle Superior Courtroom of the New
Orange County Courthouse, 106 E. Margaret Lane, Hillsborough, North Carolina, on Monday,
February 22, 1999, at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to
speak for or against the following items:
ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS
1. PD -3 -98 Lawrence Park Planned Development
East -West Partners requests a change in zoning from Rural Residential (R -1) to Planned
Development Housing (PD- H -R -3) for an 83.32 -acre parcel referenced as part of lot 17 on Tax
Map 4, Eno Township. The property is located in Eno Township on the east side of Lawrence
Road (SR 1709) approximately 400 feet south of US Highway 70A and 200 feet north of
Interstate -85. Lannie Drive (SR 1831) intersects Lawrence Road just south of the property.
The rezoning is part of the application for a Class A Special Use Permit to build the proposed
planned development for 237 residential lots with 31% open space including 7.07 acres of
improved recreation area. This public hearing is resumed from the public hearing for this
application held November 23, 1998.
2. Z -01 -99 Armin Lieth
Armin Lieth requests to rezone approximately 4.0 acres of an 11.5 acre lot identified by PIN
9749 -50 -8084 from R1, Rural Residential, to NC -2, Neighborhood Commercial II; to rezone
approximately 2.5 acres of the same lot to LC -1, Local Commercial I; and, to rezone
approximately 1.5 acres of an 11.5 acre lot identified by PIN 9748 -59 -4995 from R1, Rural
Residential to LC -1, Local Commercial I. The property is located on the South side of N.C.
Hwy. 54, between Butler Road (SR 1951) and White Cross Road (SR 1952), Bingham
Township.
ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS
1. CPA -99 Apex Northwest Partnership
Apex Northwest Partnership requests an amendment to the Land Use Element of the Orange
County Comprehensive Plan to expand the Ten -Year Transition plan category to land
currently designated Agricultural Residential. The property in question is north of the Town of
Hillsborough and lies between NC 86 and NC 57 and north of Rocky Lane (SR 1622). It lies
west and north of Mars Hill Baptist Church which is approximately 1.25 miles north of the
intersection of NC 86 and NC 57. The property is undeveloped, contains 312.96 acres, and is
further referenced as parcel 14, tax map 3, Hillsborough Township. The southern portion of the
property is proposed for dedication as a school site. A smaller tract containing 78.11 acres
referenced as parcel 1A, tax map 5, block B, Hillsborough Township, and owned by Eva P.
Brown et al and Lanie B. Powell is adjacent to the Apex Northwest Partnership tract on the
south and is also included in the request.
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2. Bicycle Transportation Plan Component
The proposal is to amend SECTION 2.6 OTHER SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION
ELEMENTS of the Land Use Element, Orange County Comprehensive Plan to include the
ORANGE COUNTY BICYCLE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. If adopted, the Bicycle Plan will
be included in the Durham - Chapel Hill - Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization's
update of the DCHC Regional Bicycle Plan. In order to be eligible for Federal transportation
funds, bicycle projects must be included in the MPO Regional Plan.
Changes may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect debate, objections and
discussion at the hearing.
Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department
located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, 306F Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina.
Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may also call 732 -8181
(Hillsborough), 688 -7331 (Durham), 967 -9251 (Chapel Hill - Carrboro) or 227 -2031
(Mebane /Graham). Please ask for extension 2575 or 2585. You will be directed to a staff
member who will answer your questions.
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