TOWN OF CARY
REQUEST FOR REZONING/LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT
PLANNING & ZONING BOARD IMPACT STATEMENT (1-16-01)
00-REZ-34/00-LPA-09
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PETITIONER |
CONTACT PERSON |
Property Owners |
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Duke-Weeks Realty |
Rice & Associates |
Citigrup Investments, Inc. |
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LOCATION: |
South of the intersection of Northgate Court & Gateway Centre Blvd. |
In Town Limits [X] Cary Planning Jurisdiction (ETJ) Only [ ] Annexation Pending [ ]
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PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS |
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TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING: |
December 14, 2000 |
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PLANNING & ZONING BOARD: |
January 16, 2001 |
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TOWN COUNCIL: |
February 8, 2001 |
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PARCEL INFORMATION |
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Parcel # |
Realid # |
Area |
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0756.04-84-2446 |
0239828 |
4.59 acres |
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0756.04-74-9369 |
0239829 |
4.89 acres |
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REZONING DATA |
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CURRENT |
PROPOSED |
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Zoning: |
Business-2 |
Planned Employment Center |
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Overlay District: |
Airport Overlay District |
No change |
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Land Use: |
Vacant |
A SITE PLAN HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR A 70,464 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING. |
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REZONING CONDITIONS |
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CURRENT |
PROPOSED |
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None |
None |
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REZONING HISTORY |
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Case # Z-285-85-1 |
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From R-30 Zoning To B-2 Zoning |
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Approved by Town Council on: 2/28/1985 |
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SITE DATA |
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WATER/SEWER SERVICE |
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Staff Remarks: Public water and sewer service will be provided to the subject property from Gateway Center Boulevard. Provision for these services was made when the site plan (70,464 square foot office) was approved on October 30, 2000. |
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TRANSPORTATION |
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Traffic Impact Analysis Required: Yes [ x ] No [ ] |
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Staff Remarks: A certificate of approved traffic analysis was granted to the approved office building. A condition of the certificate was for the developer to design and install a traffic signal at Gateway Center Boulevard and Aviation Parkway when signal warrants are met. |
The property is located within a water supply watershed. [ ] YES [ x ] NO
A 50 foot Neuse River buffer runs north-south through the property.
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ADJACENT ZONING AND LAND USES |
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Zoning: |
Land Use: |
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North: |
Business-2 & Planned Employment Center |
Offices and vacant properties |
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South: |
Planned Employment Center |
Offices |
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East: |
Planned Employment Center |
Vacant |
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West: |
Business-2 |
Offices |
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TOWN OF CARY FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DATA |
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CURRENT |
PROPOSED |
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Plan Designation: |
Office/Institutional |
Office/Industrial |
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Alternate Designation: |
None |
None |
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Activity Center: |
None |
None |
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LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT HISTORY |
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None. |
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STAFF ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION |
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CHANGES SINCE PUBLIC HEARING: * Yes [ ] No [ x ] |
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PROTEST PETITION FILED: Valid [ ] Invalid [ ] None Filed [ X ] |
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REZONING REQUEST |
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Analysis: This request is to change the existing zoning from Business-2 to Planned Employment Center. The applicant is requesting the zoning change to allow "flex space" arrangements that would not be permitted under the existing zoning (such as warehousing & distribution). The property is located within Gateway Centre, which is an employment park consisting of a variety of office and flex space users. Flex space arrangements allow the developer to establish different combinations of uses on a site over time, as the market dictates. The following is an evaluation of the pro’s and con’s of this request: Pros
Cons None This request also includes consideration of amending the Land Use Plan from its current designation of Office & Institutional to Office & Industrial. Staff feels this is appropriate since much of Gateway Centre is currently zoned and occupied by Office/Industrial users. A portion of Gateway Centre is also currently shown as Office/Industrial on the Land Use Plan. Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the rezoning request and approval of the Land Use Plan amendment. |
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Information regarding this rezoning case will be on the Internet prior to the public hearing. Our Internet address for this case is www.townofcary.org/ Departments/Planning and Zoning/Current Zoning Cases/00-rez-34 |