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_. ~:;* 10 (Sr 1710). The site is further referenced as lot 20 of Orange County Tax Map 27, Eno Township; lots 20 A, 47 and 48 of Orange County Tax Map 26, Eno Township; and lot "-"'~' 13 of Orange County Tax Map 3, Chapel Hill Township. The property which contains 575 acres is located primarily in Eno Township with the southernmost boundary crossing into Chapel Hill Township, The property fronts on New Hope Church Road for a distance of 2900 feet and old N,C, 10 for 4920 feet. The area is currently zoned R-1 Residential and is shown as Rural Residential-Agricultural Use and Resource Conservation on the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed amendment to the plan would reclassify this site to the 10-Year Transition plan category. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMTSSIONERS OR THE PLANNING BOARD. Commissioner Marshall asked when the update of the Comprehensive Plan for the Eno and Chapel Hi11 Township was approved and was told by Collins that it was in July, 1988. Commissioner Marshall questioned if the staff and the Planning Board looks at the three reasons (changing conditions, error and omissions and changing policies) when making recommendations to the Board for the annual update of the Plan. Mr. Collins indicated that they da look at those conditions and in particularly to see which conditions have changed, With the construction of I-40, the potential for greater demands for development in this area, particular at higher densities, could be seen. However, at that time there appeared to be some agricultural use of the property, and because of the proximity of Duke Forest, it could go either way. It was decided to approach it on the side of caution rather than on the side of proposing the extension. Commissioner Marshall expressed concern about the integrity of the Land Use Plan and the process by which changes are made. She stated she does not recall discussing this aspect of the Plan. She stated her understanding of the process is that the Plan is. up dated every 5 years so that the County has a direction for the future. If these changes were adopted in July or August, there would need to be changing conditions that have occurred since that time to necessitate a change in the Land Use Plan. This update was ,just made and certain criteria have been established for what the County expects of Rural Residential. One thing that was not expected in a Rural Residential area was a full range of urban services. However, Rural Residential is clearly identified by saying that rural areas are to be developed as low density and low- density residential. The applied zoning district is R-1 Low Density Residential which says nothing about changing conditions. Commissioner Marshall stated she cannot think of anything that is going to change conditions more than such a large area suddenly being taken from something that has been reaffirmed a few months earlier as Low- Density Residential and putting this kind of a planned development on it. This is the way suburbs are created and all the things which are undesirable, Collins stated that there are a couple of things which have changed during that time span. One is the whole issue of the school. It was not determined for sure if the school was going in that location. An argument could be made that a school in a rural area is not anything new, but sometimes a school by its very nature brings on connotations of more development in an area. Commissioner Marshall pointed out that the school will be filled the minute the I door is open.