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~~~ <br />1 <br />i~I I N U T E 5 <br />ORAPdGE COUNTX BOARD OF COtdMISSIONERS <br />JOINT PUBLIC HEARING <br />AUGUST 27, 1984 <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners met in joint session with the <br />Planning Beard on August 27, 1984 at 7:30 p.m. in the Superior Courtroom, <br />F3illsborough, i`?. C. for the purpose of holding a Joint Public Hearinc.. <br />COj),~S.SSIQt7ER5 PRESENT: Chair Don Willhoit, Commissioners Shirley <br />;_. aiarshall, Norman t9allcer and Richard Whitted. <br />P AP7I~T ivG BOARD tdEtZBERS PRESEI~?T: Chair Alice Gordon, Steve Kizer, <br />Nancy Laszlo, Frank Pearson, Sharlene Pilkey, Carl Cvalters, and Steve Yuhasz. <br />pj,~1~~??*iG BOARD ~Ett~E_~$ ~~~ENT: Tom Bacon, Ruth Barnette, Valerie <br />Greenberg, David Shanklin, John t4ilson. <br />PI~BN~YNG $'T'j),FF PRESEP:T: I~Zarvin Collins, Susan Smith, Jeff Coutu, <br />Warren Faircloth, and Joanna Bradshaw. <br />A. rOARD COfiI~tEIQTS <br />2~one <br />B. AUDIF.P?CE COt-4j~~ <br />1. Matters on the Printed Agenda <br />None <br />2. Matters not on the .Printed Agenda <br />t?one <br />C. gt]~jr~~ HEARIIQG dJ ~~ <br />-. 1. g ~ - - (see file <br />~" in the permanent files) <br />I~Sarvin Collins, Susan Smith, Jeff Coutu, Caarren Faircloth, <br />Griffin Graves, Dan Sears, Thomas Heffner, and Ed Vick were sworn in. <br />The staff presentation was made by 1+Sarvin Collins, Director of <br />Planning. <br />This agenda item is to receive public comment on the Planned <br />Development request by Goforth Properties for 44.83 acres of land located <br />adjacent to Interstate 40 and north of Weaver Dairy Road. The purpose of the <br />request is to allow the construction of a 224-unit apartment complex. <br />The property in cuestion is knorm as Lot X15, Tax Diap 17, Chapel <br />I3ill Township. The present zoning designation of the property is R-1 <br />Residential while the requested designation is PD (H)°R-5. <br />The property is located in a Ten-Year Transition Area as <br />designated in the Orange County Land Use Plan. That designation permits a <br />range of residential densities from R-1 (one unit/acre) to R-13 (13 <br />__ units/acre) provided certain zoning and development standards are met, and a <br />Special Use Perr~i'r: is obtained before development becins. <br />-...: The proposed Planned Development would allow medium density <br />residential development of the site at a density of 5.0 units per acre. <br />Correspondence entered into the record are: (1) Johnston letter; <br />(2) Johnston agreement; (3) Chapel Hill Planning Aepartment memo; (a) OI~IASA <br />letter; (5) extra page in traffic report; (6) Carol Woods' letter; (7) South <br />Orange Rescue Squad letter; (8) Homeoom ers Association By~-Laws; (9) <br />Iiomeotaners P.rticles of Incorporation; and (10) Restrictive Covenants. <br />Collins noted that the Chapel Hill Town Council recuested a <br />continuation of this public hearing until September l8 as the Council would <br />be meeting September 10th and would lilce to make a recommendation. <br />