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CRITERIA TEN YEAR TRANSITION AGRICULTURE AND QUESTIONABLE: The Brown and Powell tract (4.5.B.IA, 78 acres) is enrolled in the Orange FORESTRY County Present Use taxation program, qualifying under Agriculture. The adjacent Phelps Farm Located away from areas where remains an active agricultural operation. Large scale development of the property could have a development would have a detrimental impact on the Phelps Farm. detrimental impact on productive agricultural uses and managed forest land. POPULATION DENSITY DOES NOT COMPLY: According to 1990 Census data, the population density for the census Located in areas with moderate- tract block group which contains the property (Tract 109, Block Group 2) is 67 persons per square to-high population densities. mile. By contrast, density for the census tract located south of the property (Tract 110, Block Group 1), which contains most of the town limits of Hillsborough, is 406 persons per square mile. This compares similarly with the overall Township density of 430 persons per square mile. HISTORIC AND CULTURAL DOES NOT COMPLY: Phelps Farm (Survey #OR0667) is adjacent to the property. This site is Located away firm areas where on the state's National Register Study List and deemed potentially eligible for the National Register development would have a of Historic Places. There are three other sites adjacent to the property that have been identified in detrimental impact on State or the County's historical architecture survey. There are no known archeological sites on the property Federally acknowledged according to state maps. However, the Orange County Cemetery Survey has identified an old historic/cultural sites or County- Quaker cemetery near the Mars Hill Baptist Church. identified; public interest areas.' D. IMPLICATIONS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT If the proposed amendment is approved, the applicant may submit a rezoning petition for a residential zoning district with densities greater than one unit per acre. These districts range from a low of R -2 (two units per acre) to R -13 (13 units per acre). The most -dense existing zoning in County jurisdiction is an R -8 district at Timbers Mobile Home Park. There are three R -5 subdivisions in County jurisdiction. The proposed amendment will impact the existing Rural Industrial Activity Node focused on the intersection of Coleman Loop Road and NC 86. A plan amendment aproved in January 1985 extended the Ten -Year Transition area into the southwest quadrant of the Activity Node. Approximately 85% of the 78 -acre lower tract (4.5.13.1 A) and 15% of the 313 -acre Apex Northwest tract lies within this land use plan category. If approved, the amendment would result in the possible extension of urban services, further eroding the Rural Industrial Activity Node. Ultimately, the amendment may necessitate a change to the node to another, higher- intensity classification such as Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node. E. AGENCY COMMENTS Agency comment has been received from Orange County Sheriff. The Sheriff currently provides patrol services to this area without difficulty, but states in his comments that "should the area be developed with a large number of homes requiring services, we would need to have an increase in personnel and equipment."