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r) 00 ® The current zoning district (Residential Agricultural) is intended for very low-density residential and agricultural uses with a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet. Land uses in this district are primarily agrarian and rural. The RA district requires a minimum building setback of 30 feet from any street right-of-way, 30 feet from a rear property line, and 15 feet from all side property lines. The proposed zoning district (Highway Commercial-HC) is established to accommodate uses that depend upon a large flow of traffic and convenient access, such as retailing of durable goods, the provision of commercial services to industrial areas, and the provision of services to tourists. The minimum dimensional standards in the HC district include a lot width of 50 feet, a front yard setback of 10 feet, and 0 rear and side yard setbacks. Transportation The majority of Lee County's commercial establishments are located along U. S. Highway 1 South, a major thoroughfare. The Highway Commercial (HC district is generally located adjacent to major thoroughfares. 1V4ajor thoroughfares typically serve through travel and external travel into major industrial, commercial, recreational, and institutional attractions. The 1994 Sanford Thoroughfare Plan Technical Report notes that US #1 is a principal arterial passing through central North Carolina and connecting Rockingham, Southern Pines, and Sanford to Raleigh. The NCDOT 2007 Traffic Study reports 24,000 vehicle trips per day just south of the subject lot. Environmental The subject lot is not located in a water supply watershed or flood hazard area. Development Standards If rezoned, all uses permitted in the Highway Commercial (HC)) district will be allowed. Also if rezoned, the future redevelopment of the site may be required to meet the building design standards for non-residential developments along a thoroughfare in addition to all other development standards of the Unified Development Ordinance. Conformance with the 2020 Land Use Plan and the Greenwood Small Area Plan The 2020 Land Use Plan and Greenwood Small Area Plan and Map have classified this property within the Highway Commercial classification with a Highway Overlay. The Highway Commercial classification is intended to provide areas for goods and services to be sold on-site. The Highway Overlay adds additional design standards for non-residential developments that has direct frontage on a major highway corridor/ thoroughfare. The purpose of the overlay district is to provide a regulatory tool that will assist in ensuring that future development and/or redevelopments that may occur along thoroughfares maintains a minimum level of quality in design. The design standards are found in Article 10.7 of the Unified Development Ordnance. Rezoning this property to Highway Commercial would conform to the 2020 Land Use Plan and the Greenwood Small Area Plan. E