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I-1 (PDO-I) REZONING REPORT PETITION 86-35 · Background On October 13, 1986, Mr. Sam Davis, Attorney for Walter and Mary Welch filed a petition to rezone a 3D.3 acre tract east of U.S. Highway 601 on N.C. 24/27 from A-2 to I-1 {PDD-I). The PDO~I submission is voluntary on part of the applicant and is intended to ensure that planning staff concerns, possible neighboring property concerns and stated intentions of the applicant and prospective buyer are considered and addressed in the rezoning process. The prospective buyer is Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. of Charlotte, Inc. Their stated purpose for. purchasing this tract is to construct a distribution facility. An information sheet a maR of the subject property and surrounding area is enclosed. Review Section 3.9-6{4) of the Cabarrus County Zoning Ordinance requires that the County Planning Director review the proposed PDD in five areas and then make a recommendation for approval or denial. The following review addresses these five areas and additional concerns of the Planning Department. (1) Suitability of Proposal - the PDO planned is appropriate for the type of use (industrial) contemplated. The physical characteristics of the land are also condusive to the type facility planned. The area around the subject property can best be termed rural agriculture with mixed low density development along N.C. 24/27. Future development for the area will probably remain rural in nature except for N.C. 24/27 which is scheduled to be four-laned within the next ten (10) years. In addition, county water has recently been extended along major sections of N.C. 24/27 including the applicants property. These improvements will create pressure to strip develop this highway. A straight rezoning of the applicants property to I-1 could be detrimental to surrounding areas and the desirable long term development of P.C. 24/27. With the proposed I-1 (PDD-I) the Planning Board has an opportunity to impose conditions which would prevent nogative impacts of industrial development. Most of Cabarrus County's thoroughfares are or will experience pressure for strip development. These thoroughfares main purpose is to move traffic efficiently and they should not be allowed to be clogged with strip development. At the same time many of these roadways present the county's major opportunities for industrial and commercial develop- ment. Land use techniques must be developed to try and maximize both functions and at the same time promote an attractive environment for county residents to live. Two emerging techniques for accomplishing these goals are cluster developments with large amounts of open space and performance based zoning which allows greater flexibility in types of uses allowed, but imposes strict standards of development to ensure that the use is compatible with adjacent development. I believe such concepts can be