Please sign and forward/share this petition with friends and family to help protect the Sunflower Trail/Seaward Rural Settlement! A landowner has filed an application with Orange County to:
- Change the Future Land Use from Rural Settlement 1/1(one dwelling/per one acre) to Commercial.
- Amending the OC Comprehensive Plan Amendment by adopting a Small-Scale development amendment.
- Change Zoning from C-1(Retail Commercial District) to C-2(General Commercial District-Restricted) to allow for the on-site sale and outdoor storage of sheds.
The applicant's vacant parcel is generally located east of the Econ River, within the Rural Boundary and in a Rural Settlement. Rural Settlements are the last bits of natural land and country communities that Orange County has and needs to be protected.
By signing the petition, you are telling the Commissioners that you (as a citizen) advocate for the preservation of Rural Settlements and natural land. If the Commissioners allow for the proposed rezoning to go through it will allow developers to invade, rezone, and develop the rural communities, natural land, and natural habitat that Orange County has left. The applicant for this rezoning must redo the application to meet the criteria for what is acceptable development in a Rural Settlement.
Below is the petition:
Dear Mayor Demings and Commissioners,
I am a citizen who is requesting that the Orange County Board of Commissioners advocate for the protection of the Sunflower Trail/Seaward Plantation Rural Settlement. I am asking that you vote NO on the proposed land use change in a Rural Settlement, east of the Econ River, within the Rural boundary in District 5.
Application Request to change: Change the Future Land Use from Rural Settlement 1/1(one dwelling/per one acre) to Commercial. Amending the OC Comprehensive Plan Amendment by adopting a Small-Scale development amendment. Change Zoning from C-1(Retail Commercial District) to C-2(General Commercial District-Restricted) to allow for the on-site sale and outdoor storage of sheds. (District 5, Case Numbers: SS-25-02-073 & RZ-25-02-073)
The applicant's vacant parcel is located in the residential Sunflower Trail/Seaward Plantation Rural Settlement. The application for the land use change does NOT meet the compatibility and consistency guidelines for a Rural Settlement. The guidelines are published in the 2010-2030 Orange County Comprehensive plan. The community does NOT support the current rezoning application. The community finds the current application deficient after reviewing the compatibility and consistency guidelines for Rural Settlements. The community also has additional concerns: impact on rural lifestyle, environment, safety, traffic, noise, water quality, and preservation of the Rural Settlement.
There are numerous concerns that our community has regarding the proposed land use change, as well as forthcoming requests from landowners. Rural Settlement communities require protection from our local leaders throughout the county. We ask for your help in honoring the Future Land Use Map for the properties in our Rural Settlements. Without your protection, natural land and Rural Settlements will cease to exist. I am asking that you vote NO on the existing application for the land use change on this application. (District 5, Case Numbers: SS-25-02-073 & RZ-25-02-073).
Protect Orange County’s Rural Settlements
This petition is now closed.
End date: May 06, 2025
Signatures collected: 130
Signature goal: 1000
130 signatures
Signature goal: 1000
