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603 • Pg of 4 Application 2070-0201 Wake Stone ne Staff Analysis and Information The subject property is zoned Residential Agicultural (RA) distract. Mining and Quarry operations are permitted in the RA district as a Special Use upon issuance of a special use permit by the Board of Adjustment. Instead of applying for a Special Use Permit, Wake Stone Corporation chose to apply to rezone to HI-Conditional Zoning district to be consistent with the zoning and uses of their current operation. More specifically, the applicant is requesting the conditional zoning district to allow quarrying and muting operations on the 35.78-acre tract that will include an open pit excavation, stone crushing and processing, protective berm construction, a new office/scale house and a new entrance/exit driveway. The Residential Agricultural district is established to provide areas for low density single-family uses, low intensity agricultural operationas as well as agri-business and supportive industrial and commercial ues. Some of the special uses that may locate in the RA district if granted a Special Use Permit include golf courses, campgrounds, sports stadiums, arenas, and zoos. The dimensional requirements of the RA district include a minimum lot size of 40,00 square feet (92 acs.) and principal building setbacks of 30 feet front yard, 30 feet rear yard and 15 feet side yards. The Heavy Industrial District is designed to accommodate those industries whose normal operations include dust, noise, odor, or other emissions, which may be deemed objectionable. The HI district • requires a minimum front building setback of 30 feet and 0 rear and 0 side yard setbacks. Conditional Zoning District The applicant is applying to rezone to a Conditional Zoning District, Type 2. A Type 2 is defined as a conditional zoning district created for the purpose of allowing a property owner to place additional conditions upon an existing, equivalent conventional, general use zoning district. The Conditional Zoning District Type 2 would be the preferred zoning approach if a petitioner desired to (a) to reduce or narrow the number of permitted uses and/or (b) impose higher level design standards than that which exists within an equivalent general use zoning district. Conditional Zoning District Type 2 would also be practical in situations where a petitioner desires to install or construct additional buffers or other physical features that would serve to increase the protection afforded neighboring properties and/or the appearance of the proposed development. The application for conditional zoning district shall include a detailed site plan and narrative text specifying the conditions that will govern the development and use of the property. If approved, the site would be required to developed in accordance with design standards listed in the application and illustrated on the site plan. As a conditional zoning request, the Board of Commissioners and/or Planning Board may request of the applicant that certain conditions be considered, however, the applicant must accept such conditions before inclusion in the conditional zoning district. Any conditions shall be perpetually binding upon the property included in the Conditional Zoning District. •