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Vote on a request to approve a legislative request by Chatham County ABC Board to rezone parcel 83475, being approximately .80 acres, located off Moncure Pittsboro Rd, from R-5 Residential to General Use Neighborhood Business, Haw River Township.
ABSTRACT
Action Requested:
Vote on a request to approve a legislative request by Chatham County ABC Board to rezone parcel 83475, being approximately .80 acres, located off Moncure Pittsboro Rd, from R-5 Residential to General Use Neighborhood Business, Haw River Township.
Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on April 15, 2019. Planning staff introduced the request and Patrick Bradshaw, attorney for the applicant, provided a brief statement and summary of the request.
Patti Dukes also spoke representing the 3 Rivers District Group and presented a petition with approximately 50 signatures requesting a denial of the rezoning request. Reasons stated were an ABC store in this location would not be a good representation of the area, not the best use of the land, and there are school bus stops nearby. No-one else spoke on the request.
Discussion & Analysis:
The property that is under consideration for rezoning is currently zoned R-5, Residential. The allowed uses in these districts are residential and the minimum lot sizes are one dwelling unit per five acres average, with no lot smaller than three acres. The requested zoning of Neighborhood Business (NB) is "meant to serve a small retail market, roughly equivalent to the trade area of a small (40,000 square foot) grocery store and limited ancillary services. No building within this district shall exceed 40,000 square feet and the cumulative building square footage shall not exceed 160,000." Since this is a general use rezoning request, the Planning Board and Commissioners must consider all uses that would be allowed within the NB district.
The property is located off of Moncure-Pittsboro Road and approximately 100 feet from US 1, which i...
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