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qa em' nYo( 42 <br /> arker IncMI Englneer <br /> March 23, 1999 <br /> TO: Orange County Planning Board <br /> FROM: Callemyn-Parker, Inc. <br /> RE: CP-1-99 Apex Northwest Partnership <br /> The public hearing for proposed Comprehensive Plan Amendment for Apex Northwest <br /> Properties was held on February 22, 1999. We believe the proposal complies with <br /> standards and requirements used to evaluate Comprehensive Plan amendments. <br /> The applicant's response to staff comments in the public hearing agenda materials and <br /> comments made at the public hearing are provided below. <br /> RESPONSE TO COMMENTS <br /> The staff recommendation was to deny the Comprehensive Plan amendment for the <br /> following reasons: <br /> 1. The proposed amendment is not consistent with all locational criteria for a <br /> Ten-Year Transition Area. <br /> The text of the staff report stated that, of the ten criteria set forth in Section 3.4 of <br /> the Comprehensive Plan, the project complied with five, did not comply with <br /> three, and two were questionable. The criteria found to be non-compliant or <br /> questionable by staff are discussed below. <br /> a) Transportation System <br /> The staff report stated that the adequacy of the transportation system was <br /> questionable due to the constrained access points on NC 86 North and <br /> NC 57. It was also noted that the width of the southernmost access point <br /> on NC 57 was shown as 170 feet by the applicant but scaled to only 60 <br /> feet on the tax map. <br /> Applicant's Response <br /> The Western By-pass, included in the Hillsborough Transportation Plan, <br /> will connect the northern frontage on NC57 to the intersection of NC 86 <br /> North and Coleman Loop Road. The eastern portion of the Westem By- <br /> pass will be constructed within 18 months by the Orange County Board of <br /> Education. (The Board of Education has requested that NC DOT expedite <br /> completion of the remainder of the By-pass to NC 86.) <br /> Although the tax map shows the southern frontage on NC 57 to be only <br /> about 60 feet in width, the actual frontage is 178.23 feet(per survey for <br /> 104 N.Churton Street,Hillsborough,NC 27278 - (919) 732-3883 - Fax (919) 732-6676 <br />