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11 <br />Staff Comment: We believe the information in the record thus far can be summarized as <br />follows: <br />Arguments in Support: Arguments in support of this finding as offered in the attached <br />applicant's Statement of Justification can be summarized as follows: <br />"Since the current zoning was established: <br />1. "To the northeast, diagonally across the Eubanks /Hillhouse intersection, a <br />commercial building has recently been constructed on a parcel with Mixed Use - <br />Office Institutional -1 zoning designation." [Applicant's Statement] <br />2. "Further to the north along Millhouse Road, the Town has constructed a new <br />Municipal Operations Facility." [Applicant's Statement] <br />3. "To the west, on the opposite side of the existing landfill, Orange County is currently <br />developing a new Solid Waste Operations Facility." [Applicant's Statement] <br />Arguments in Opposition: No arguments in opposition have been submitted to date. <br />C) A rezoning is justified to achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Staff Comment: We believe the information in the record thus far can be summarized as <br />follows: <br />Arguments in Support: Arguments in support of this finding as offered in the attached <br />applicant's Statement of Justification can be summarized as follows: <br />• "The applicant believes the requested zoning amendment is necessary for the subject <br />property to allow the County to provide comprehensive animal services at the <br />appropriate level of quality." [Applicant's Statement] <br />• "Infrastructure improvements will serve public purposes by providing critical public utility <br />service to this important Focus Area." [Applicant's Statement] <br />Arguments in Opposition: No arguments in opposition have been submitted to date. <br />Preliminary Recommendation <br />The Planning staffs of Chapel Hill and Orange County recommend approval of the proposed <br />amendment to the Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas. We believe that this rezoning could be <br />justified based on the finding that a rezoning would achieve the purposes of the Chapel Hill <br />Comprehensive Plan. Our preliminary recommendation is that the Orange County <br />Commissioners and Chapel Hill Town Council adopt the attached ordinance, rezoning the <br />property from Residential -1 (R -1) to Office /Institutional -1- Conditional (0I -1 -C). We note that <br />further evidence may be submitted at the Public Hearing. <br />