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013 LAND USE INFORDIATION PRESENTED AT TIIE PUBLIC HEARING PETITION #2011 -0701 Site & Area Description: The subject property is located east of NC Hwy 87 S with frontage on Hwy 87 and frontage on Indian Trail, a private road in Carolina Trace Subdivision. The area requested for rezoning is comprised of three lots that have been combined into one tract that totals .85 -acres of land as shown on a survey map recorded in the Lee Co Registry of Deeds Office on July 8 2011 in Plat Cabinet 2011, Slide 71. All adjoining properties are zoned RR district. Land uses in the immediate area are residential uses consisting of single - family dwellings and farmland. Staff Analysis The subject property is the current site of the Carolina Trace Volunteer Fire Department. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property in anticipation of an expansion to the existing sub - station. The fire sub- station is allowed in the RR district as a special use upon issuance of a Special Use permit by the Board of Adjustment. Fire stations are allowed by right in the O & 1 zoning district subject to all applicable design standards. The applicant chose to rezone to the O & 1 district because this district allows more Flexibility with respect to the dimensional standards for the proposed expansion. The current Residential Restricted (RR) zoning district is established for low- density single- family uses. The RR district allows for a minimum lot size of 30,000 sq ft, a minimum lot width of 100 feet, with building setbacks of 30 feet from a front property line, 30 feet from a rear property line, and 15 feet from a side property line. The maximum building height in the RR district is 40 feet. The Office & Institutional (0&1) district is established to provide for agencies and offices rendering specialized services and traditional institutional functions such as fire stations, cultural and recreational facilities and educational facilities. Dimensional standards of the O & I district includes a minimum lot width of 50 feet, a 10 foot front yard setback, and 0 side yard and rear yard setbacks. The O & I district does not establish a minimum lot size requirement. The maximum building height in the O & I district is 50feet opposed to 40feet in the RR district Utilities: The petitioned property is currently served by public water and public sewer provided by Carolina Utilities Inc. Environmental: It is not located within a watershed or flood hazard zone Transportation: The proposed expansion project is not expected to affect the current traffic pattern or volume in the area. Development Standards: If the subject property is rezoned, the site will be required to meet all development standards of the UDO such as landscape buffers and screening, parking lot standards, and building design standard. Conformance with the 2020 Land Use Plan The 2020 Land Use Plan and Map have not identified this area for any particular use. When considering the zoning of the property, current development trends of the neighborhood should be continued and applied.