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STAFF ANALYSIS/OUESTIONS_ FOR CONSIDERATION - PETITION, ,~:,o-~, t ........ le, t. Monday. April 20. 1998 General Information: The petitioners. Betty Love Eskridge and Hardis Harley. are requesting their properties be rezoned from Low Density Residential (LDR) to General Industrial - Special Use (GI-SU). The applicants have requested this rezoning for the purpose of locating a construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfill and recycling materials drop-off center. Note: Griffin Brothers, lnc.,(GBI) is currently under contract to buy the properties from Ms. Eskridge and Mr. Hatley pending rezoning approval. GBI will be the owner and operator of the landfill and re~. cling center. Note: From here on, the three parcels involved in this rezoning will collectively be referred to a the "property" and Griffin Brothers, Inc., will be referred to as the "applicant." The property proposed for rezoning currently consists of approximately 93.5 acres located at the southwest corner of the Highway 601 and Flowes Store Road East intersection. The applicant as required by the zoning ordinance has submitted a site and operations plan. Area Relationships: The subject property is currently zoned LDR as is all the property surrounding it. Approaching the site from the west along Flowes Store Road East, there are open fields and wooded areas. Driving south on Highway 601, there is some residential development on both large and small lots. The area is primarily wooded north of the site until you encounter the Concord Motorsports Park on the left, approximately 0.5 miles from the proposed rezoning. Discussion of Area Resident's Concerns as Expressed at the Planning and Zoning Commission Hearine on March 19~ 1998: · ~o Concern # 1: The proposed landfill contradicts the Mi~__rmdArea Plan. The Midland Area Plan completed in October 1997 recommends that the area from Flowes Store Road East to just north of the Motorsports Park (zoned LI) be viewed as a future employment area focusing on commercial or industrial development. The property being proposed for rezoning is located just south of where the recommended future employment area ends at Flowes Store Road East. The proposal is located across the street from where the Plan recommends the future employment area be located. Comprehensive plans or local area plans should be used as a guide for land use development. They should not be considered as fixed or concrete, but subject to change in response to unpredictable developments or unforeseen needs of the community. This is especially true when the proposed use is reliant on specific physical characteristics of the property. Page I of 4