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I3 <br />Duke University, there does not seem to be any other reason that it was identified... as <br />Public Interest District (PID)." <br />Background on the even surrounding the land use designation of this property and <br />subsequent sending might be instructive. The original 1981 Laud Use Plan classified <br />this property, along with other lands, as Public Interest Area. Prior to a 1311711984 <br />plat that separated the Duke holdings north of US 70 (BookTage 43183), from those <br />south of US 70, this property and the adjacent Duke lands to the south were all a <br />single parcel of land. The subaequent mating of the property took place on October 1, <br />19M slang with the initial summit of Cheeks Township. Property owners in the <br />township were no iftal of the swung change. The zoming of Cheeks was based ham the <br />1981 post categories, and the results of a 1983 small area plan, the West Oconee Area <br />Study, Both documents classified the land in question as PIA. The PIA land use <br />category was defined as "hand which contains public or qusi- public ones such as <br />publicly owned land, research farests or known archaeological or historical situ." The <br />study further anted that Me recommended classification was based upon elements <br />including the cadeidenlom that "Duke Forst b considered a semi - public, public <br />interest area." <br />D COMPARISON OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH LO ATIONAL CRITEIDA <br />In analyzing an amendment in don Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, the guessed <br />land use category is m he evaluated fm compatibility with all applicable Locationel Criteria hom <br />Section 3.4 of the Land Use Element. <br />The following tables evaluate the site against Intentional mritra for the current and proposed <br />des ideation. COMPLIES menu tout the arcs being evaluated is compatible with the locational <br />criteria DOES NOT COMPLY meaiu then the area is not compatible with the locatimul music, <br />QUESTIONABLE concede that compatibility cannot be assessed completely form information <br />currently available. <br />