Approved June 14, 2022 PZMinutes

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Exhibits EXHIBIT A – Staff Report EXHIBIT B – Application EXHIBIT C – Property Deed EXHIBIT D – Property Maps EXHIBIT E – Adjacent Property Owner & Property Owner Letters EXHIBIT F – Neighborhood Meeting Information EXHIBIT G – Use Comparison Table Intent of Zoning Districts PROPOSED DISTRICT: OFFICE/INSTITUTIONAL (OI) This district is intended to accommodate relatively low intensity office and institutional uses at intensities complementary to residential land use. This district serves as a transitional district between residential land uses and higher intensity non-residential land uses. RATIONALE This district is used to provide for low intensity office and institutional uses that can be complementary to adjacent residential land use. This district features employment options and essential services which require a moderate number of average daily trips. These uses will have a minimum impact on the surrounding area because these trips will generally occur during regular church business hours, thus, not competing with residential traffic at peak hours. This district should be located adjacent to residential districts or in areas where its use would serve as a transition between residential land uses and higher intensity non-residential land uses. Higher intensity non-residential land uses may include commercial districts, light industrial or mixed use districts. When bordering residential districts or residential developments, care should be taken to assure natural or manmade buffering and architectural compatibility so that the nonresidential activities are not a nuisance to residential use. EXISTING DISTRICT: AGRICULTURAL/OPEN SPACE (AO) This district is comprised mostly of lands usually found on the eastern side of the County which, due to physical characteristics such as soil type, topography, etc., should remain agrarian. To a lesser degree, these are also those lands which are conducive to providing recreationally oriented open space. These land areas should remain the farmland and undeveloped/forested land of the County. Public utilities will not be planned for these areas. Consequently, residential uses that support those working and/or owning the land, home occupations allied with existing residences, and very limited business endeavors are envisioned as complementary to the area. In sum, the primary activity of these lands is agricultural - housing and business are typically related to, and supportive of, the practice of modern day agriculture. It is not, however, improbable that a small hamlet type settlement might evolve in this zoning district. As to those areas constituting open space, manmade uses must take care to enhance and not detract from the essential character of the area.