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03/, The Town► Council approved a Master Land Use Plan for the Meadowmont development in Octobo.•, 1995. The Master Plan covers 425 acres on the east side of Chapel Hill, along HLghway 54. A mixed-use development is described in the Master Plan, including single- family an i multi-family dwelling units, commercial and office space, a Town Park, a private re xeation facility, a greenway, and land reserved for a future school. The Master Plan was approved after a process of consideration that included multiple evenings of Public Ht aring testimony and an adjustment to the Town's Comprehensive Plan for the N.C.Higl sway 54 corridor. The Development Ordinance's Master Plan process "is intended to provide a procedure which ca s relate to type,-design and Iayout of residential, commercial and office developm:nt to a particular site in a general way, providing the basis for subsequent, more detailed c kvelopment plans and applications through the Town's Special Use Permit Process." DESCRIPTION OF EXISTING CONDMONS The Meac owmont site has rolling topography, with a mixture of fields and woods. A north-sou:h ridge dominates the western portion of the site, and a more circular knoll is found on :he DuBose Estate to the east. The ridge sits more than 50 feet above Highway 54, provic:ing views to the south and west,including the Chapel Hill skyline. The sides of the ridge and hilltop range from 10-201/a in slope. The majority of the rest of the site cc stains slopes less than 10//0. Areas with slopes of over 201/1 include a drainagev,ay between the ridge and the hilltop, and on the north and east faces of the hilltop. Drainage xc urs generally to the north and east(to Little Creek and the Jordan Lake upper Sot dplain), and to the south into a tributary of Morgan Crecic, which also drains into Jordi,n Lake. Wetlands occur in the northern portion of the site, in area covered by a Army Coi ps of Engineers flowage easement. The prop sty is located ent4*within the Town's Watershed Protection District. Portions c if the property, including streams, springs and ponds,are also in the Resource Conserve ion District. Portions of the property are in the regulatory Soodplain. Woodlands, primarily hardwoods, cover the site except for an intermittent band of about 1,000 Aw. on each side of FIighway 54. This band contains old fields and meadows. Rock outcroppings and springs are found scattered in several areas of the site. Barns, to pant houses, outbuildings, and ponds are found on the interior of the site. Situated on a knoll adjacent to the 425 acre Meadowmont site, a half-mile north of Highway 54, is the DuBose Estate. This 27.5 acre parcel includes a mansion with landscape d grounds listed on the National Register of Historic Properties. This estate has 2