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2014-0501 U rJ <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING INFORMATION <br />APPLICATION 2014 -0501 TO AMEND THE LEE COUNTY ZONING MAP <br />THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2014 at 6:OOPM <br />APPLICANT /OWNER: Conveyor Technologies of Sanford, Inc. <br />REQUEST: Rezone from Residential Agricultural/MH (RA/MH) to Light Industrial (LI) <br />LOCATION: 0 Womack Road, Sanford, NC TOWNSHIP: West Sanford <br />TAX PARCEL NO.: 9645 -77- 1723 -00 TAX MAP: 9645.02 <br />ADJACENT ZONING: North: Residential Agricultural/MH (RA/MH) <br />South: Light Industrial (LI) <br />East: Light Industrial (LI) <br />West: Residential Agricultural/MH (RA/MH) <br />LOCATION: West of Womack Road, and north of 5313 and 5319 Womack Road <br />Site and Area Description <br />The subject property is one tract of land approximately 1.23 -acres in size and undeveloped. The <br />adjacent properties north and west are residentially zoned and developed with single- family <br />homes including a manufactured home park. Properties located east and south and are zoned <br />Light Industrial district. The industrial uses include facilities such as Conveyor Technologies, <br />Pfizer (Wyeth), GKN Automotive, Challenge Printing, and Caterpillar. <br />Staff Analysis <br />The petitioned lot is located in the Lee County Industrial Park where the primary land uses are <br />industrial uses. Conveyor Technologies own two lots south of the subject lot that are zoned LI <br />and developed with a manufacturing facility. The applicant is seeking to change the zoning of <br />this lot to be consistent with the zoning designation of their other properties. The current <br />Residential Agricultural/MH (RM/MH) district is intended for very low - density residential and <br />agricultural uses with a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet. This district also has an overlay <br />that will allow a manufactured home park with development standards. Land uses in the RA <br />district are primarily agrarian and rural. <br />The proposed Light Industrial (LI) district is established to provide for areas that contain a mix of <br />light manufacturing uses, office park and limited retail and service uses that service the industrial <br />uses in an attractive business park setting with proper screening and buffering all compatible <br />with adjoining uses. LI districts should include areas which continue the orderly development <br />and concentration of light industrial uses. LI zones should be located so as to have direct access <br />to or within proximity to a maj or or minor thoroughfare. The LI district requires a <br />