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Proposed Amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Ma Attached maps illustrate the changes to land use designations in the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition Area (Northwest Area) that have been adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council, and which the Town Council requests be incorporated into the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Changes include: 1. Changing the designation of the Greene Tract from "Landfill Pending Further Study" to "Housing/Open Space." 2. Changing the designation of land south of Eubanks Road from "Open Space" to "Low Residential." 3. Changing the designation of land north of Eubanks Road, between the existing landfill and Millhouse Road, from "Mixed Use, Office Emphasis" to "Open Space." 4. Changing the designation of parcels between Millhouse Road and Interstate 40 from "Mixed Use, Office Emphasis" to "Rural Residential." S.' Changing the designation of the parcel northwest of the Greene Tract and southeast of the existing landfill (parcel known as the "Neville Tract ") from "Open Space" to "Landfill Activities." The intent of these changes is to remove the Landfill designation from the Greene Tract; to adjust the surrounding land use from "Open Space" to "Low Residential" thereby reflecting existing land uses; to reduce the intensity of development adjoining the Landfill north of Eubanks Road; and to adjust the mixed use area to follow natural features of the creek. These amendments require the approval of the Orange County Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town Council, and Carrboro Board of Aldermen. 1986 Land Use DesiLynations A Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was adopted in 1986. Also in that year, Chapel Hill adopted a new Land Use Plan. We note that there are some minor differences between the land use designations in some of the areas on the two maps. Specifically, the following five differences are noted: 1) the land north of Eubanks Road, between the existing landfill and Millhouse Road, is designated "Mixed Use, Office /Commercial Emphasis" on the Chapel Hill Land Use Plan, but "Public/Private Open Space" and "Landfill" on the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan; 2) the parcels generally between Millhouse Road and Interstate 40 are designated "Mixed Use, Office /Commercial Emphasis" and "Medium Residential" on the Chapel Hill plan, but "Office /Institutional" on the Joint Planning Area plan; 3) the parcel at the northeast comer of the intersection of Millhouse Road and Eubanks Road is designated "Mixed Use, Office /Commercial Emphasis" on the Chapel Hill plan, but "Light Industrial" on the Joint Planning Area plan; 4) the land generally between Homestead Road and Eubanks Road, and between the railroad tracks and the Chapel Hill City Limits, is designated "Medium Residential' on the Chapel Hill plan, but "Suburban Residential' on the Joint Planning Area plan; and 5) the parcel in the northeast corner of the Northwood subdivision is designated "Institutional' on the Chapel Hill plan, but "Suburban Residential" on the Joint Planning Area plan. 3