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2 1 required to adopt resolutions approving the application package in order for the zoning to be 2 altered as requested by the applicant. 3 4 Commissioner Gordon said that when there is courtesy review of projects, it means that 5 it goes to the staff. She thinks that there should be a good agreement with the staff as to what 6 the Board would like to review and when staff review would be sufficient 7 Commissioner Jacobs asked that this history item be added to the agenda since most of 8 the elected officials were not part of government at the time the agreement went into effect. He 9 said that it is unique in North Carolina. 10 11 D. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS 12 13 14 1. Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area Zoning Atlas Amendment -St Paul 15 Village 16 17 Request by Pastor Thomas Nixon of St. Paul AME Church for a Zoning Atlas 18 Amendment to rezone a 20.9 acre 5-lot assemblage at the northeast corner of 19 Rogers Road and Purefoy Drive from Residential-1 (R-1)to Residential-5- 20 Conditional (R-5-C). 21 22 This request is located in the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area and requires the 23 approval of the Chapel Hill Town Council and Orange County Commissioners 24 25 26 Mayor Kleinschmidt chaired this portion. He said that this is in the Chapel Hill transition 27 area and eventually, this will be part of Chapel Hill. He said that typically they consider rezoning 28 applications and special use permits at the same time, but this is a public hearing on a rezoning 29 application only. The special use permit consideration would come later. Once the County and 30 the Town agree on the zoning, then the Town Council will handle the special use permit. 31 Phil Mason, Principle Planner from Chapel Hill Planning Department, said that this is 32 located in the joint planning area, and includes parts of Orange County, Chapel Hill and 33 Carrboro. It also includes transition areas and the rural buffer. This project is at the intersection 34 of Purefoy Drive and Rogers Road. The area is bisected by the urban service boundary. 35 Homestead Road is to the south and Weaver Dairy Extension is to the east. Some adjacent 36 uses to the site are Phoenix Place, Rush Hollow, and the Faith Tabernacle Church. The 37 request is to rezone this area from Residential 1 Joint Planning Area to Residential 5 38 Conditional. Also proposed is a place of worship campus, which is an allowed use in Chapel 39 Hill Residential Zoning districts. The rezoning is conditional with associated special use permit 40 application requiring Chapel Hill Town Council approval. The proposed zoning change would 41 allow additional height and intensity. 42 Staff believes the proposed conditional rezoning is consistent with the Joint Planning 43 Agreement and furthermore is warranted because of changed conditions in a particular area 44 due to new development in proximity to the rezoning site. The Chapel Hill and Orange County 45 Planning staffs recommend that the Town Council and Orange County Commissioners approve 46 the rezoning of the St. Paul Village site from Residential 1 to Residential 5 Conditional. 47 48 Gloria Sheeley was from the company that is the Program Manager for the St. Paul AME 49 Church. She pointed out other team members that were present. The plan is named St. Paul 50 Village. It is a community that incorporates full residential, worship and ministry, and recreation 51 in a very natural setting. She pointed out the map. The existing church is on Merritt Mill Road