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11 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Orange County Planning Board <br />John Link, County Manager <br />FROM: Orange County Planning Staff <br />DATE: February 10, 1999 <br />SUBJECT: CP -1 -99, Apex Northwest Partnership <br />Analysis of Proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />On January 4, 1999, an application for amendment to the Land Use Element of the <br />Comprehensive Plan was submitted by Apex Northwest Partnership. In, accordance with Articles <br />2 and 20 of the Zoning Ordinance, the proposed amendment is evaluated on the following pages. <br />A. GENERAL DESCRIPTION <br />The property proposed for amendment lies in the Hillsborough Township, north of the Town of <br />Hillsborough, and lies between NC 86 and NC 57, north of Rocky Lane (SR 1622). It lies west <br />and north of Mars Hill Baptist Church which is approximately 1.25 miles north of the <br />intersection of NC 86 and NC 57. The property is undeveloped. <br />The property in question contains two tracts totaling 390 acres. The larger tract, owned by Apex <br />Northwest Partnership, is 312.96 acres, and is further referenced as parcel 14, tax map 3, <br />Hillsborough Township. The southern portion of this property is proposed for dedication as a <br />school site. A smaller tract, owned by Eva P. Brown et al and Lanie B. Powell, contains 78.11 <br />acres and is further referenced as parcel IA, tax map 5, block B, Hillsborough Township. It is <br />adjacent to the Apex Northwest tract on the south and is also included in the request. <br />The proposed amendment would redesignate this property from its existing classification of <br />Agricultural Residential to a new category, Ten -Year Transition. Ten -Year Transition is <br />described in the Land Use Element as "land located in areas that are in the process of changing <br />from rural to urban, that are suitable for urban -type densities and should be provided with public <br />utilities and services within the first 10 year phase of the Plan. " <br />The proposed designation of Ten -Year Transition would allow potential rezoning of the property <br />to higher- density residential uses in the future. The property is currently zoned AR, which permits <br />residential uses with a minimum lot size of 0.92 acres. <br />