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I Land Surveyor <br />allemiln <br />:Darker Inc. <br />CMI Engineer <br />March 23, 1999 <br />TO: Orange County Planning Board <br />FROM: Callemyn- Parker, Inc. <br />RE: CP -1 -99 Apex Northwest Partnership <br />The public hearing for proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment for Apex Northwest <br />Properties was held on February 22, 1999. We believe the proposal complies with <br />standards and requirements used to evaluate Comprehensive Plan amendments. <br />The applicant's response to staff comments in the public hearing agenda materials and <br />comments made at the public hearing are provided below. <br />RESPONSE TO COMMENTS <br />The staff recommendation was to deny the Comprehensive Plan amendment for the <br />following reasons: <br />1. The proposed amendment is not consistent with all locational criteria for a <br />Ten -Year Transition Area. <br />The text of the staff report stated that, of the ten criteria set forth in Section 3.4 of <br />the Comprehensive Plan, the project complied with five, did not comply with <br />three, and two were questionable. The criteria found to be non- compllant or <br />questionable by staff are discussed below. <br />a) Transportation System <br />The staff report stated that the adequacy of the transportation system was <br />questionable due to the constrained access points on NC 86 North and <br />NC 57. It was also noted that the width of the southernmost access point <br />on NC 57 was shown as 170 feet by the applicant but scaled to only 60 <br />feet on the tax map. <br />Applicant's Response <br />The Western By -pass, included in the Hillsborough Transportation Plan, <br />will connect the northern frontage on NC57 to the intersection of NC 86 <br />North and Coleman Loop Road. The eastern portion of the Western By- <br />pass will be constructed within 18 months by the Orange County Board of <br />Education. (The Board of Education has requested that NC DOT expedite <br />completion of the remainder of the By -pass to NC 86.) <br />Although the tax map shows the southern frontage on NC 57 to be only <br />about 60 feet in width, the actual frontage is 178.23 feet (per survey for <br />104 N. Churton Street, Hillsborough, NC 27276 - (919) 732 -3683 - Fax (919) 732.6676 <br />42 <br />