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~_ <br />Hinnland Subdivision <br />June 30~ 19bb <br />page b <br />i'jne day there will chore than SUUU resioer+ts !,eying an the <br />1. BO4 acres of rt-~C- prooerzy; those residents will nAed <br />ne i a h borl"+vod bus i rtiess services ana w i 1' 1 neea brat ess i one 1 ar+a <br />office space Tt'r banks, accountants. oactors. oentists ono other <br />suao~srt services that every resioentual neighoorhvod relies or+. <br />Grvfessional olannera know and the pawn ioard should know <br />that there will eventually nave to be some limitEa neiohbc+rhaad <br />Qusiness and O ~. 1 zoning witRin the it1~V acres. It is <br />short-sighted not to elan for these naaes ana ac+r+e aroperly <br />now. r'~ctivity nodes musti be established witnan the i+~uu acres. <br />It is chart-sightea to force future residents to travel ac~no <br />distances ~y car do obtain laundry, do erocery shopping, guy <br />fuel and tend to everyday neea5. Neiahbarhooo businesses da not <br />attract crawth and traffic? they subyort the arowti"- in the area <br />as it occurs. <br />i3esides being snort-sighted, it is wrone to mislead <br />residents who new live in the area. We believe that future <br />rezonings will Rave to occur. lsn't at better to pre-plan <br />activity locations and business uses in strategic locations <br />rather than reacting to niecr=meal, and o'Ften devisivez <br />case-by--case reouests far rezonin4? <br />ihzs county nos always pre-planned ats activity naaes ono <br />out all residents on ncatice about tihe need and location 'For <br />neinhbarhvad services. we strongly urge the 4;ommi=5.ioners to . <br />bt~stpvne a decision ar+o remand the zonir+a recommendat ior+ Hack do <br />the Town of Carrboro for Further study ono t=•r the soeci'ric <br />pu;-.pose of ioentifyino activity Hades. if the GomissionQrs wis'r- <br />to arprove the current zonir+c+ elan now, we ask that a <br />simultaneous resolution be passed reouestinn the Town or <br />Carrborcti to thoroughly reexamir+e ti`+e newly desiBnateo k-CV areas <br />and make a reeommenaat ictir+ fly 1 lleC. i Jb6, for instance, <br />cvncernano the oesicnaiion a'F «ct1v1'cV naaes watt-+in the itsVC~ <br />acres„ the present zoning elan without activity nodes wilt. an <br />=+ur view„ leGd to undesirraahle and oevi5ive case-by~-c2.se zoninn <br />decisions wnicR are not in the best interests ar residents, <br />araper:.y owners, aevelGpers or elected offxcia.ls. <br />We will appreciate your attention in this rr~at'ter. <br />~ir+cerelyT <br />,~ ~' ~ -~ <br />;3ale nedfoot <br />F+re s i o er+t <br />