LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH CENTER
File #: 20-3404    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 1/31/2020 In control: Planning
On agenda: 4/20/2020 Final action: 4/20/2020
Title: Vote on a request to approve a legislative request by Paul Brewer for a conditional district rezoning from R-1 Residential to CD-CB, Conditional District Community Business, for an indoor/outdoor storage facility, Parcel No. 60167 being 38.4 of 48.8 acres, located off Jordan Dam Rd, Haw River Township.
Indexes: Comp Plan Goal 4: Diversify the tax base and generate more high-quality, in-county jobs to reduce dependence on residential property taxes, create economic opportunity and reduce out-commuting.
Attachments: 1. More information on the Planning department website.
TITLE
Vote on a request to approve a legislative request by Paul Brewer for a conditional district rezoning from R-1 Residential to CD-CB, Conditional District Community Business, for an indoor/outdoor storage facility, Parcel No. 60167 being 38.4 of 48.8 acres, located off Jordan Dam Rd, Haw River Township.

ABSTRACT

Action Requested:
Vote on a request to approve a legislative request by Paul Brewer for a conditional district rezoning from R-1 Residential to CD-CB, Conditional District Community Business, for an indoor/outdoor storage facility, Parcel No. 60167 being 38.4 of 48.8 acres, located off Jordan Dam Rd, Haw River Township.

Introduction & Background:
A legislative public hearing was held on February 17, 2019. Planning staff presented the rezoning request and the applicant Paul Brewer and David Orringer presented to the Board. No one signed up to speak. The Planning Board reviewed the request during their March 3, 2020 meeting.

Discussion & Analysis:
Conditional Zoning districts are districts in which the development and use of the property is subject to predetermined ordinance standards and rules, regulations, and conditions imposed as part of a legislative decision creating the district and applying it to the particular property.

Some land uses are of such a nature or scale that they have significant impacts on both the immediate surrounding area and on the entire community, which cannot be predetermined and controlled by general district standards. The review process established in this Ordinance provides for accommodation of such uses by a reclassification of property into a conditional zoning district, subject to specific conditions, which ensure compatibility of the use with neighboring properties. A conditional zoning district is not intended for securing early zoning for a proposal, except when that proposal is consistent with an approved land use plan or the proposal can demonstrate that public infrastructure needed to serve the develo...

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