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Staff
recommends approval of the request.
The request complies with the criteria established in
sections 3.4.1(E), 3.4.3(E), and 4.2.3(D) of the Land Development
Ordinance for consideration of approval of a PDD request:
Section 3.4.1(E)
Rezoning Approval Criteria:
- The request is
consistent with the Comprehensive Plan.
As provided for in the Comprehensive Plan, the Dellinger
Planned Development District would provide a mix of uses
including commercial, office and residential development. The
request would add a self storage facility to a portion of the
development where currently only commercial development is
allowed. The self
storage facility is conditioned requiring the proposed building
to look commercial or retail.
The building would also be required to comply with
Cary
’s
Activity
Center
Design Guidelines.
Therefore, the self storage use would fit in with other
proposed commercial and office buildings within the development.
- Adequate public services
are available (i.e. police, fire, utilities etc.).
Adequate public
services can be provided to the parcel
- The proposed rezoning is
unlikely to have significant adverse impacts on the environment.
The proposed self
storage use would have no adverse impact on the environment.
Physical development would have less impact than
commercial or office impact due to the need for fewer parking
spaces and less land clearing than would otherwise be required.
- The proposed rezoning
would have no significant impacts on other property in the
vicinity of the subject tract.
The proposed change
in use would be required to provide adequate buffers, site
lighting and a commercial building design that would be
compatible with surround uses, existing and proposed.
- The proposed zoning
classification is suitable for the subject property. The
self storage facility would be adjacent to an electrical power
substation site, an automotive body shop and a future commercial
and mixed use portion of the Dellinger PDD.
The proposed self storage use would be compatible with
surrounding uses.
Section 3.4.3(E)
Approval Criteria:
In
addition to the general approval criteria for rezonings
set forth in Section 3.4.1(E), PDD
rezoning applications shall be reviewed for compliance with the
following additional criteria:
(1) The
PDD designation is necessary to address a unique situation or
represents a substantial benefit to the Town, compared to what could
have been accomplished through strict application of otherwise
applicable zoning district standards; and
(2) The
request complies with the PDD standards of Section
4.2.3.
Section
4.2.3(D), Criteria for approval of a PDD
(1)
Uses Allowed
A
planned development may contain any or all of the uses specified in
the approved PDD master plan, provided such uses are consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan. The
PDD would contain commercial, office and medium density residential
development as set forth in
Cary
’s Land Use Plan.
The self storage facility with a commercial building
appearance would fit in with existing and proposed nonresidential
development in the area of the self storage site.
(2)
Mixed Uses Encouraged
(a)
Mixed use developments are strongly encouraged in the PDD
zoning districts, including the mixing of principal residential uses
with principal non-residential uses.
The Dellinger PDD,
contains an area of mixed commercial, office, and residential
development.
(b) Planned
developments containing both residential and non-residential uses
shall be designed, located, and oriented on the site so that
non-residential uses are directly accessible to residents of the
development. Within
the PDD pedestrian access would be provided between the residential
and non-residential components of the development.
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