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REzONING ANALYSIS. Petition #91-02, Robert & Avis McCoy .............. Page 3 the cleaning up of the site as it becomes usable. In Summary. The question may be raised as to what is likely to happen if the property is nor rezoned. Consider then its current zoning district, C-I, a "neighborhood serving" commercial district. Xt seems highly unlikely that any rational entrepreneur is likely to lease the building, given the surrounding landscape alld lack of population density. It is difficult to conceive of a restaurant, shoe repair shop, or newsstand sales, or the like, typical of the p~.rmitted uses of C-l, locating in this area. As to rezoning to I-l, it is the ]ess intense 9f the two industrial zones. Among its permitted uses are warehousing, storage manufacturing and railroad stations and yards, all of which are found in the area presently with the exception of the railroad station/yard. This, too, ts a future possible use as rail does lie close to the property in question to the north. ASSESSMENT: Issues or Concerps. The chief issue concerning this property is its status as both vacant andunused. The current zoning category m/ght haYebeen appropriate in the area in the ]950's when the area was in transition. The town's center no longer exists and a C-1 use serves neither the property owner nor the community. The requested I-] zoning district would serve both. Rezoning appears to be the crucial element in finding this property productivity in another use. Consistenc~ with the cabarrus Comprehens~ue Plan. while rezoning this propert~ is not reflective of the curren~ comprehensive plan, it must be noted that the current plan is basically a mirror of current land use and is very general in nature unlike the precise small area plans the Department is currently employing For the record, tt should be noted that this property's current zoning classification ~s not reflecti~ie of the comprehensive plan, the plan showing the area as rural residential. The close proximity to the largest industrial area in the southern portion of the Count~ in addition ~o the fact that the property is adjacent to I-2 lands, ]ends credence to rezoning to an industrial category. Should this property be rezoned, the comprehensive plan should ba corrected to show light indnstrial for the area. An~)vsis Of E~s~oq Zone. The deficiencies of the existing zone, C~], have been pointed out above. CONCLUSION: It is recommended that the property in question be rezoned from c-l, a neighborhood serving commercial district, to I-l, a light industrial zone. To briefly summarize the foregoing, the area is one of transition. Its status as a commercial/retail center has been Gone for several decades, what has remained or come to the ~ea are light industrial type uses. Zoning should compliment and reinforce what could be a trend of salvation for the area. Sue G. Russeil, AICP Rezoning Coordinator Februar~ 12, 1991