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PETITION 95-09 ~ STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND The petitioner is requesting a change in zoning from Low Density Residential to Limited Commercial-Special Use. The Special Use zoning would permit him to construct his private residence as well as a Self Service Storage Facility. The petitioner made a similar request in the summer of 1994 which was denied by the Board of Commissioners. The Zoning Ordinance requires a one year waiting period before a property may be repetitioned. That year has elapsed and the petitioner, with some adjustments has resubmitted his request The ~ main changes that the petitioner has made are the use of separate drives for the house and storage facility, movement of the house location to the wooded area that lies between existing residences and the proposed storage facility location, and the stipulation that the private residence would be constructed first ANALYSIS This property, lies along U.S. 601 in a sparsely developed area of the County. U.S. 601 is major north-south transportation corridor between Concord and Monroe. The general area of this rezoning is all zoned Low Density Residential with the nearest non residential zoning being the crossroads of U.S. 601 and N.C. 24/27 to the south and Concord Motor Speedway to the nortl~ The Low Density Residential zoning does permit some commercial uses, however, including home occupations and rural home occupations, convenience stores, gas stations and restaurants. A complete list of uses is attached. Self Service Storage Facilities are permitted by standards in the Limited Commercial Districts. Those standards are attached to this analysis and should be considered as conditions if this petition is approved. One of the major emphases of the standards is landscaping. The petitioner has indicated plans to landscape around the facility, and the road fronts off U.S. 601 and Jim Sossoman, and to leave the wooded area on the western side of the property intact (with the exception of where the house is located). SUMMARY The proposed use does not adhere to the strict recommendations of the long range plan. all of the long range plans, however, stress flexibility and a mix of land uses. As a result, the Zoning Ordinance was written to allow a mix of uses in each zoning district and to be flexible while protecting adjoining owners. The proposed use is similar in type and in possible external effects to uses already petmitted on the property under the current LDR zoning. The existing vegetation, proposed landscaping, and site development plan address possible negative effects on surrounding property owners. Based on this, the staff recommends that this petition be approved. Jonathan B. Marshall