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• Not consistent with all locational criteria for Ten -Year Transition; <br />• Constrained transportation access over the majority of the parcel; <br />• Surrounding areas are not in transition from rural or low - density uses to urban or <br />higher density uses; <br />• Low population density relative to overall township population density; and <br />• Located next to a National Register- eligible, working farmstead and the cemetery near <br />the property has potential historic significance. <br />• There has been no change in County land use policy or the Comprehensive Plan. <br />An excerpt from the minutes of the public hearing is attached. The applicant's agent, <br />Callemyn- Parker, Inc., has submitted a response dated March 23, 1999 to the Planning <br />Staffs presentation at the public hearing. <br />Planning Board: The proposed amendment was considered by the Planning Board on <br />April 13, 1999. Based on the analysis of the application, supporting documentation, and <br />the applicant's March 23, 1999 response, the Planning Staff reasserted that changed or <br />changing conditions cited by the applicant does not address transition amendment criteria <br />and recommended denial of the request. <br />The Planning Board voted 6-2 to recommend approval of the" request. An excerpt <br />from the minutes of the Planning Board meeting is attached. <br />Miscellaneous: Certain attachments, a deed between Apex Northwest Partnership and the <br />Orange County Board of Education and a survey prepared for the Board of Education, <br />pertain to a proposed future school site on Apex Northwest property. An elementary, <br />middle, or secondary school would be permitted on the property under the existing <br />County zoning for the area Therefore, the school proposal should be considered under a <br />separate plan review process, since it has no bearing on this application to amend the <br />Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />FINANCIAL IWACT: Not applicable. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Administration Recommendation <br />The Admdnistratdon recommends denial of the request based on the provisions <br />of Article 2.114 (noted above) of the Zoning Ordinance not being met <br />This is a legislative decision. <br />: \donbe1k \apex- nw2.doc <br />