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Staff Report Presented at the November 17i', 2008 Public I Ica ring Petition #2008-1201, Submitted by Faye Baker For a change to the Official Zoning Map of Lee County s REQUEST: Rezone from Residential Restricted District to Residential Agricultural District LOCATION: Valley Road, SR 1325 LEE COUNTY TAX PARCELS: 9624-88-5061, 9624-87-6817 TOWNSHIP: West Sanford ADJACENT ZONING: North, South and Gast: Residential Restricted (RR) West: Residential Agricultural (RA) Site and Area Description The area requested for rezoning is on the west side of Valley Road beginning approximately 300 feet southwest of the intersection of Forest-wood Park Road and Valley Road. The property consists of two lots on approximately 4.30 acres of land. The lots are vacant and combined they have over 600 feet of road frontage. Adjoining properties north, south and east are zoned Residential Restricted. Properties adjoining westward are zoned Residential Agricultural district. The primary land uses in the area are single-farnily dwellings comprised of site-built homes and doublewide manuhtctured homes. Public water is accessible to the property. A private on-site septic system is required for waste disposal. This property is not located in a designated floodplain, but is located within the Deep River WS-IV water supply watershed protected area. Development restrictions of the watershed should not affect the placement of a single-family home on the property. Staff Analysis and Description ® The applicant request that the property be rezoned from Residential Restricted (RR) district to Residential Agricultural (RA) district so she may place a manufactured home on the property for her son. Currently, the property is zoned Residential Restricted (RR) district. The RR district is established to provide areas _I_or loy-density_single_family_ uses, with a maximum of-one and one-half (1.5) dwelling units per acre. Property zoned RR should include only those tracts which abut or are in close proximity to existing large-lot single family development, making RR an appropriate transition district between rural, agricultural, and suburban uses. Housing types in the RR district are limited to site built homes and modular homes. The minimum lot size allowed in the RR district is 30,000 square feet (.69 acres). The minimum building setbacks include a street yard setback of 30 feet, side yard setbacks of 15 feet and a rear yard setback of 30 feet. The Residential Agricultural (RA) district is established to provide areas for low density single family uses, low intensity agricultural operations as well as agri-business and supportive industrial and commercial uses. The dimensional requirements of the Residential Agricultural district include a minimum lot size of 40,000 square feet (.92 acres), or one unit per acre. The minimum building setbacks are the same as required in the RR district (30' front, 30' rear and 15' side yard setbacks). The RA district permits all housing types which includes manufactured homes. Roth districts permit similar uses such as major subdivisions. bona fide farms and agricultural uses. The major difference in the zoning districts are the housing types allowed. 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. s