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02/16/2000 01:24 , 9196443002 OR. CTY. PLANNING PAGE 02/03 <br />3 M, I <br />To: John Link, County Manager <br />From: Craig Benedict, Planning Director <br />Date: February 1, 2000 <br />Re: . Greene Tract Rezoning - Consistency with Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan, <br />I have reviewed the January 11, 2000, Greene Tract rezoning application supplied by the <br />Tmvn of Chapel Hill and find it consistent with the adopted Joint Planning Area Land Use <br />Plan. The application requests rezoning of the property from the Chapel Hill RT -1 (Rural <br />Transition) zoning district to the Chapel Hill Materials Handling (MH) zoning district. The <br />Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan designates the Greene Tract as "Future Potential Lan.n.df ll <br />Site (Pending Further Study)." The 1MH district will allow solid waste management activities, <br />but no burial of waste on the site. The phrase, "Pending Further Study" is particularly <br />appropriate since the intent is to initially include all 169 acres in the rezoning application and <br />then reduce it to 60 acres (as specified in the interlocal agreement) once the results of <br />additional environmental and archaeological studies on the site become available. <br />I have also reviewed the Draft Chapel Hill Comprehenshv Plan for recommendations specific <br />to the Gre=w Tract and note the following concern. The northem third of the tract (which <br />would be approximately 60 acres) is designated for "landfill activities." The southern two - <br />thirds of the tract are identified as a "Development Opportunity Arcs" and three uses are <br />shown: parlWopen space, high density residential (8 -15 units/acre), and mixed use (office <br />emphasis). Please see Exhibit 1 which is a blow -up of the area from the draft plan. If the plan <br />were adopted as shown, only the northern third of the tract would be available for "landfill <br />activities." This seems unnecessarily restrictive since we don't know at this point what <br />portion of the tract may be best suited to "landfill activities" until the results of the <br />environmental and archaeological studies are available. <br />h:1Jpa\t tconsis.doc12- 1-0O1gb <br />