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x <br />i <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 11, 2001 <br />1 <br />Action Agend <br />Item # <br />SUBJECT: PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE JOINT PLANNING AREA ZONING ATLAS FOR THE <br />HOMESTEAD SITE ON HOMESTEAD ROAD (JPA- CH- Z -1 -01) <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />- Staff Analysis <br />- Map — The Homestead Area Map <br />Zoning Atlas Amendment — Statement of Justification <br />- Letter from Applicant — Conditions of Rezoning <br />PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Rob Wilson 968 -2728 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill <br />967 -9251 <br />No <br />PURPOSE: To receive public comment on a proposal to amend the Joint Planning Area <br />(JPA) Zoning Atlas to change the zoning of a site on Homestead Raod from <br />Residential -2 (R -2) to Residential -4- Conditional (R -4 -C). <br />BACKGROUND: The Town of Chapel Hill has received an application for a Zoning Atlas <br />Amendment to rezone a 48.11 -acre site that is located north of Homestead Road, <br />east of the University Branch Southern Railroad, west of Homestead Park and <br />south of the recently approved Parkside H Subdivision. <br />The property is currently located within the Residential -2 (R -2) zoning district, <br />and is identified as Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 24, Lot 16 and a portion of <br />Lot 12 (PIN# 9880 -01 -0417 and PIN # 9870 -92- 6174). The property owner has <br />requested that the site be rezoned from Residential -2 (R -2) to Residential -4- <br />Conditional (R -4 -C). The owner has also submitted a letter outlining voluntary <br />limitations regarding the future use of the site, if the Residential -4- Conditional <br />(R -4 -C) zoning is approved for this site. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Orange County and Chapel Hill Planning staffs recommend approval of <br />the proposed zoning atlas amendment as contained in the attached analysis. <br />Following conclusion of the Public Hearing, the matter should be referred to <br />the Town of Chapel Hill for decision and then to the Orange County Planning <br />Board for a recommendation to the County Commissioners. <br />