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Vote on a request by Dale & Mary Stansell to rezone an additional .25 acres of Parcel No. 5248 located at 1060 New Elam Church Road from R-1 Residential to CD-NB Conditional District Neighborhood Business to expand the existing boat and RV storage facility, Cape Fear Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request by Dale & Mary Stansell to rezone an additional .25 acres of Parcel No. 5248 located at 1060 New Elam Church Road from R-1 Residential to CD-NB Conditional District Neighborhood Business to expand the existing boat and RV storage facility, Cape Fear Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on April 16, 2018. Planning staff presented the request. No one else spoke on the rezoning request.
This parcel is currently split zoned between R-1, Residential and CD-NB, Conditional District Neighborhood Business. The CD-NB currently encompasses approximately .34 acres of the 4.81 acre tract. All of the adjoining properties are zoned R-1 Residential.
The property is located within the WSIV-PA watershed designation outside of the Jordan Lake Buffer rule area that would permit up to 36% impervious surface without curb and gutter. A majority of the property is also located in a special flood hazard area associated with Shaddox Creek. Approximately 2.75 acres is floodable and cannot be developed. When the original approval was granted the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) at that time did not show special flood hazard area on the property. Updated FIRMS were provided to the county in 2013 and adopted in November 2017. The new maps indicate that almost one half of the property within a flood hazard area. The new proposed area also has some floodable area but will not be permitted to be used for storage or construction of any kind based on the regulations of the Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance.
Planning Board meeting information noted below.
Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are districts in which the...
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