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required to adopt resolutions approving the application package in order for the zoning to be <br /> altered as requested by the applicant. <br /> Commissioner Gordon said that when there is courtesy review of projects, it means that <br /> it goes to the staff. She thinks that there should be a good agreement with the staff as to what <br /> the Board would like to review and when staff review would be sufficient <br /> Commissioner Jacobs asked that this history item be added to the agenda since most of <br /> the elected officials were not part of government at the time the agreement went into effect. He <br /> said that it is unique in North Carolina. <br /> D. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS <br /> 1. Chapel Hill Joint Planninq Transition Area Zoninq Atlas Amendment -St. Paul <br /> Villaqe <br /> Request by Pastor Thomas Nixon of St. Paul AME Church for a Zoning Atlas <br /> Amendment to rezone a 20.9 acre 5-lot assemblage at the northeast corner of <br /> Rogers Road and Pure#oy Drive from Residential-1 (R-1)to Residential-5- <br /> Conditional (R-5-C). <br /> This reQUest is located in the Chapel Hill Joint Plannina Transition Area and reauires the <br /> approval of the Chapel Hill Town Council and Oranqe Countv Commissioners. <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt chaired this portion. He said that this is in the Chapel Hill transition <br /> area and eventually, this will be part of Chapel Hill. He said that typically they consider rezoning <br /> applications and special use permits at the same time, but this is a public hearing on a rezoning <br /> application only. The special use permit consideration would come later. Once the County and <br /> the Town agree on the zoning, then the Town Council will handle the special use permit. <br /> Phil Mason, Principle Planner from Chapel Hill Planning Department, said that this is <br /> located in the joint planning area, and includes parts of Orange County, Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro. It also includes transition areas and the rural buffer. This project is at the intersection <br /> of Purefoy Drive and Rogers Road. The area is bisected by the urban service boundary. <br /> Homestead Road is to the south and Weaver Dairy Extension is to the east. Some adjacent <br /> uses to the site are Phoenix Place, Rush Hollow, and the Faith Tabernacle Church. The <br /> request is to rezone this area from Residential 1 Joint Planning Area to Residential 5 <br /> Conditional. Also proposed is a place of worship campus, which is an allowed use in Chapel <br /> Hill Residential Zoning districts. The rezoning is conditional with associated special use permit <br /> application requiring Chapel Hill Town Council approval. The proposed zoning change would <br /> allow additional height and intensity. <br /> Staff believes the proposed conditional rezoning is consistent with the Joint Planning <br /> Agreement and furthermore is warranted because of changed conditions in a particular area <br /> due to new development in proximity to the rezoning site. The Chapel Hill and Orange County <br /> Planning staffs recommend that the Town Council and Orange County Commissioners approve <br /> the rezoning of the St. Paul Village site from Residential 1 to Residential 5 Conditional. <br /> Gloria Sheeley was from the company that is the Program Manager for the St. Paul AME <br /> Church. She pointed out other team members that were present. The plan is named St. Paul <br /> Village. It is a community that incorporates full residential, worship and ministry, and recreation <br /> in a very natural setting. She pointed out the map. The existing church is on Merritt Mill Road <br />