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THE JOHN R. McADAMS COMPANY, INC. <br />CONSULTING ENGINEERS <br />POST OFFICE BOX 14005 <br />RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA 27709 <br />(919) 361 -5000 FAX (919) 361 -2269 <br />September 28, 1998 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />c/o Orange County Planning Department <br />306F Revere Road <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />RE: Rezoning Statement of Justification <br />Lawrence Park PDH -R -3 and R -2 Rezoning & SUP Request <br />DBS -95000 <br />Dear Orange County Commissioners: <br />On behalf of Meadowmont Farms, LLC, Lonnie & Irene Bell, and EWP Manage- <br />ment, Inc., we hereby submit a rezoning application for a single - family residential <br />development referred to as Lawrence Park. <br />The site is 86.49 Acres located on the eastern side of Lawrence Road between <br />Business US Route 70 and Lonnie Drive. The site has extended frontage on Law- <br />rence Road and limited frontage on Business US 70. <br />Current Conditions . <br />The subject site is about one -half fallow cropland (the western half) and about <br />one -half woodland, predominately deciduous. The cropland, visible from Law- <br />rence Road, is crossed in part by an intermittent stream bordered by trees extend- <br />ing about 20 feet to either side of the shallow channel. <br />Across Lawrence Road to the west are single - family homes . in the Colonial Hills <br />Subdivision (R -2 Zoning / one -half acre lots) and the Lawrence Road Baptist <br />Church. To the north of the site are homes on lots facing onto Business US 70. <br />These lots are Zoned R -1, but are of varied size and shape due to their original <br />subdivision which divided the land into strips of land 25 feet wide'by 400 feet <br />deep. <br />