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January 20, 2009 (Regular Meeting) Page 1147 Area 9 - Area South of Highway 200 and East of the Utility Service Boundary Area 4 is the area south of Highway 200 and east of the Utility Service Boundary line. This area has a proposed density of 1 to 3 units per acre with a proposed rezoning designation of A0. She said right now the area is zoned CR and there are some limited commercial uses in that particular area which would be zoned AO based on the current Land Use Plan. Further, she said commercial is called for in the designated areas in those commercial modes. Area 5 - Area West of the Utility Service Boundary Line Area five is the area that is west of the Utility Service Boundary line that was established with the City of Concord. There are several different zoning designations in that particular area. They include Low Density Residential, High Density Residential, Office Institutional and General Industrial. Proposed zoning designations for that area are Light Industrial, Low Density Residential, Office Institutional and Countryside Residential in order to have those properties zoned consistently with the plan. In the area to the north around Lane Street, there are no proposed rezonings in that particular area where the striping is. That area has already started to develop as a mixed-use area. That area will stay the same. Mainly it is the areas that you see where the light green is on the monitor, are the areas we are talking about with the exception of one area down south of Rocky River. There are some properties there that are also scheduled for CR zoning. The proposed rezonings are in keeping with the Central Area Land Use Plan. The densities that are proposed correspond to the densities in the adopted plan so the zoning designation that you see, the Cabarrus County designations, do correspond. If you remember, part of the Land Use Plan in each of those categories started off with a lower density and then there are density bonuses that if there are certain standards that are met so those do correspond to our ordinance. For example, in the AO zoning district, you would start at one unit per three acres. You would then have the ability to get one unit per two acres, if you meet additional standards and keep in mind also that if someone has a piece of property they would like to subdivide for their children, that is still possible as a minor subdivision. They are allowed up to five lots before it becomes a major subdivision as long as they can show that they can provide well and septic on that lot, they would be allowed a one-acre lot out of that tract. Minor subdivisions are still permitted in all of the zoning designations that are being proposed. Again, the proposal is consistent with the Land Use Plan. This is a conventional rezoning request so all uses in the A0, CR, LI, OI and MDR zoning designations would be permitted on the subject properties if they are rezoned. Further, she said the proposed zoning changes are consistent with the adopted Central Area Land Use Plan and are also in keeping with the intent of the zoning ordinance for those districts. Should the Board choose to make some changes this evening, she said she does have a couple of options that might be considered. Option No. 1 The first option would be to approve the rezoning petition as presented. This is the same petition that was presented to the Cabarrus Planning and Zoning Commission. It is consistent with the Land Use Classifications in the Land Use Plan which was adopted in August. She said we went through a very long public process and this is the plan that came out of that process. These are the zoning designations that correspond to that end result, that public process, the adoption of this particular map. Option No. 2 Option two would be a modified rezoning petition to reflect individual parcel owner concerns. She said later on in the public hearing you will hear from individuals she is sure that have concerns about their particular properties. That would be one option for the Board to consider. There are concerns in potentially changing the petition in front of the Board based on those concerns. Option No. 3 Option three would be to approve the petition as presented and provide a period of time when individual property owners could file if they didn't agree with the rezoning. They could file a petition to go back to whatever the 2005 zoning designation was. Option No. 4