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GGG STAFF REPORT SUBMITTED AT THE OCTOBER 17TH, 2011 PUBLIC HEARING APPLICANT & OWNER: Village of Cumnock LLC REQUEST: Rezone from Residential Agricultural (RA) and Residential Restricted (RR) district to the Village of Cumnock LLC Highway Commercial Conditional Zoning District LOCATION: Northwest corner of US Highway 421 N and Cumnock Road, SR 1400 TOWNSHIP & FIRE DISTRICT: West Sanford TAX PARCEL: 9625 -63 -6695 ADJACENT ZONING: Residential Agricultural (RA) and Residential Restricted (RR) Site and Area Description The area requested for rezoning consists of 128.84 -acres of land that is situated east of the Deep River which borders Chatham County, north of US Highway 421 N and west of Cumnock Road. The tract has over 2,000 feet of road frontage on Highway 421N and over 800 feet of frontage on Cumnock Road and is currently vacant. The site will be accessed from Cumnock Road due to US Highway 421N being a full controlled access highway. Existing Zoning and Land Use Zoning surrounding the site is Residential Agricultural (RA) and Residential Restricted (RR) district. Across the Deep River in Chatham County the area within 150OLF of US Highway 421 is zoned Residential Agricultural RA -1 with the remainder being un- zoned. The primary land uses in the area are low- density single family dwellings and undeveloped land. The land immediately north of the subject tract is owned by the applicant and is currently vacant. The applicant also owns two other tracts (200 ± - acres) east of Cumnock Road and north and south of Cotten Road. South of the tract and being south of US Highway 421N is an undeveloped 640± acre tract of land. Staff Analysis To date, most of the land in the vicinity of the rezoning remains undeveloped with low- density residential lots. However, the property requested for rezoning is located adjacent to a major highway corridor and thoroughfare. The 2020 Land Use Plan shows the area at the intersection of US Hwy 421 and Cumnock Road within a Highway node which allows for retail and commercial uses. Sanitary sewer lines are located east of the site along Big Buffalo Creek. These attributes supports the development of non - residential properties. The Residential Agricultural (RA) and Residential Restricted (RR) districts are intended for low - density residential and agricultural uses. The dimensional standards include a minimum lot size of 40,000 sq. ft. in the RA district and 30,000 sq. ft. in the RR district. The minimum building setbacks in the RA and RR district is 30ft. front yard, 30ft. rear yard and 1511. side yards. The applicant is requesting to rezone the property to the Village of Cumnock, LLC Highway Commercial Conditional Zoning District (Type 2). The Highway Commercial (HC) district is established to accommodate uses that depend upon a large flow of traffic and convenient access, such as the retailing of merchandise and professional and business services. The HC district requires a minimum building setback of 10 fl. from a public street right -of -way, 0 feet from a rear property line and 0 ft. from all side property lines. As proposed, the development of the property will be subject to the dimensional and density regulations of the Highway Commercial district.