HomeMy WebLinkAboutOTHER-2023-038-Application for amendments to the joint planning land use plan future land use map and zoning atlas 2016 Mount Carmel Church road within the Chapel Hill Township Attachment 4
STATEMENT OF CONSISTENCY
OF A PROPOSED ZONING ATLAS MAP AMENDMENT
WITH THE ADOPTED ORANGE COUNTY 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
An applicant- initiated amendment to the Zoning Atlas has been reviewed to rezone a
parcel as follows :
Parcel
Identification Owner of
Township Current Zoning Proposed Zoning
Number Record
( PIN )
9796 -29 - None
3144 Mount Carmel ( property was RB ( Rural Buffer)
Chapel Baptist Church annexed into • Jordan Lake
(4 . 66 acres Hill of Chapel Hill , Orange County Protected Watershed
of 8 . 14 acre North Carolina from Chatham Overlay District
parcel ) County)
The Board of County Commissioners hereby finds :
a . The requirements of Section 2 . 8 Zoning Atlas and Unified Development Ordinance
Amendments of the UDO have been deemed complete ; and ,
b . Pursuant to Sections 1 . 1 . 5 Statement of Intent - Amendments , and 1 . 1 . 7
Conformance with Adopted Plans of the UDO and to Section 160D - 604 (d ) Planning
Board review and comment — Plan Consistency and 160D - 605 ( a ) Governing Board
Statement — Plan Consistency of the North Carolina General Statutes , the Board
finds sufficient documentation within the record denoting that the amendment is
consistent with the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan .
C . The amendment is consistent with applicable plans because it supports the
following .
• Land Use Goal 2 : Land uses that are appropriate to on -site environmental
conditions and features and that protect natural resources , cultural
resources , and community character .
• Objective LU -2 . 1 : Maintain the rural , low- density land surrounding Chapel Hill
and Carrboro Transition Areas as Rural Buffer land , as designated on the
Future Land Use Map . Future consideration should be given to designating
Rural Buffer areas around other municipalities where such interest exists .
The amendment is consistent with this goal and objective because it will assign a
Zoning district for the first time to property that was annexed into Orange County .
The proposed RB ( Rural Buffer) Zoning district is consistent with adjacent and
nearby properties .
d . The amendment is also consistent with the adopted Orange County — Chapel Hill —
Carrboro Joint Planning Land kUse Plan which established the area in which the
property is located as " Rural Buffer" .
e . The amendment is reasonable and in the public interest because it assigns a
Zoning district for the first time to property that was annexed into Orange County ;
the proposed Zoning district is consistent with adjacent and nearby properties .
The Board of County Commissioners hereby adopts this Statement of Consistency and
the findings expressed herein .
eamezetta Bedford , hair Date