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STAFF ANALYSIS - PETITION 97-14 The petitioner is requesting a change from Low Density Residential to Limited Commercial - Special Use. The proposed rezoning is so that the property may be used for a automobile supplies facility and possibly later would include a single family residence. The use as proposed would not include retail sales. Back~round This parcel is located off U.S. 601 South at the intersection with Cai Bost Road. It is directly morth of a parcel rezoned for a Limited Commercial - Special Use (LC-SU) zoning for a single family residence and self service storage warehouses. That rezoning was overturned in Superior Court and the property was to be returned to Low Density Residential zoning. The Board of Commissioners, however, have appealed that decision. Public water is available to this property, but sewer service is not. The petitioner has had the property tested to ensure that the proposed use can be served by private on-site treatment. Analysis This analysis of this petition is similar to the one for the Sam Wilson rezoning. The question of whether this should be rezoned is dependent on the findings of whether this parcel is either different from the parcels surrounding it so that a different zoning is warranted, or whether the proposed special use is substantially different from the uses permitted on surrounding LDR property. The parcel is different from those directly to the west and east in terms of location. Unlike those to the west this parcel is located on a major thoroughfare, U.S. 601, and unlike those parcels to the east it is a corner property. The more important question, however, is whether the proposed use is substantially different from those already permitted by the LDR zoning of this and surrounding properties. As was shown in the Wilson rezoning the list of permitted, permitted by standard, and conditional uses in the LDR zone includes a number of non-residential uses, many of which may have more noise, traffic and visual effect on surrounding properties than the one that is suggested. It is the Staff's opinion that by limiting this 28 acre parcel to one use, or possibly tow if a residence is built, the proposed use would be much less intensive than what is already permitted on the property under LDR zoning. The petitioner has not committed to the size building that would be constructed other than to state that it would not exceed 10,000 square feet. He has also not defined a location or committed to buffering requirements. As a commercial