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15 <br />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 Planning Transition Area Zonina Atlas Amendment - St. Paul <br />Village <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 Purefoy Drive from Residential -1 (R -1) to Residential -5- <br />Conditional (R -5-C). <br />This reauest is located in the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area and requires the <br />approval of the Chapel Hill Town Council and Orange County 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 />