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38 extended public sewer service into the New Hope Creek sub -basin at this time. Extension of sewer service will require decision as to the appropriateness, desireability and feasibility of extending services into a new sub -basin on a pump system basis. Given the presence of Northwoods subdivision, an industrially zoned tract, two commercially zoned tract and considerable development interest in the Eubanks /NC 86 area, the issue of servicing a new sub -basin needs to be considered seriously. Since water service could easily be provided, OTIASA has indicated that it is preferable to extend water and sewer services at the same time, rather than allow for disjointed service provision. However, ONASA at this time is not interested in financing such service e;ftension, but would look favorably on the extension of lines by a developer to serve a given afea so long as the line size and location meet OWASA criteria. The area under consideration fronts on Eubanks Road which is a paved state maintained secondary road. The remainder of the tract fronts on NC 86. The portion under consideration has access to NC 86, which is an arterial road, from Eubanks Road. The proposed construction of I -40 will require the acquisition of the eastern portion of the original tract for the right -of -way for t -40 and also the realignment of Eubanks Road at the I- 40 /11C 86 interchange. Existing land uses in the area include-the following: to the north, undeveloped land and 1 -40, to the east, single family residential units and 1 -40; to the south, Northwoods subdivision, a subdivision of single family units, a chuck and undeveloped land; to the west undeveloped land, a warehouse facility, an undeveloped industrially zoned tract and the County landfill. Considerable residential and commercial development has and is continuing to take place to the south of the area along NC 86 and Weaver Dairy Road. The area south of the proposed alignment of I -40 is facing considerable development pressures and is clearly in transition from rural or low- density uses to urban and higher density uses, particularly as a result of the proposed presence of the interstate interchange °immediately to the south. At present the population density of the area north and west of Eubanks Road remains very low density; however, the density of the area in the Weaver Dairy Road area to the south east is moderate to high and will continue to increase in density. The absence of population west of the tract is most likely due to the presence of the county landfill and the Southern Railroad line. The density of Northwoods to the south is one unit the acre on a community water system and individual septic tanks and is already established. Two other considerations need to be made in evaluating the amendment request. The first consideration is that at the time the Land Use Plan was develoed and adopted the County was still in litigation with -the State over the proposed alignment of I -40 through Orange County. The Land Use Plan categories y, for the area under consideration reflect planning criteria which did not fully recognize the presence of the I -40 corridor immediately east and north of the tract. The second consideration is that as part of their final activities the Joint Planning Commission recommended that given the trend in development patterns around the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro that the Ten Year Transition Area be extended north to the edge of the Rural Buffer and the Twenty Year Transition Area be shifted south of the Town of Chpel Hill. 140 action was taken on the recommendation.