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003 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 27. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#_C 1 (a ) <br /> SUBJECT: Z-3-97 Ruth Cook Woods <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: _x—Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: Yes_x—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Eddie Kirk <br /> Application Extension 2582 <br /> Vicinity Map <br /> Staff Findings TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Certificate of Mailing Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed Zoning Atlas amendment in <br /> Hillsborough Township requested by Ruth Cook Woods. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property proposed to be rezoned is 7.83 acres. It is located off the west side of <br /> NC 86 at the end of Skogen Lane. Skogen Lane is an existing paved public road <br /> constructed in 1984 with Ruth Woods subdivision. It is located about 500 feet <br /> south of the southernmost entrance into Wildwood Subdivision. <br /> The 7.83 acres is currently zoned Rural Residential (R-1). The applicant proposes <br /> to rezone the property to Residential4 (R-4). <br /> The parcel is undeveloped and the surrounding property to the north and west is <br /> undeveloped. The property directly north is zoned R-2 and the property west is <br /> R-1. Stagecoach Run is directly south and zoned R-1. The eastern property line <br /> abuts Ruth Cook Woods and Wildwood subdivisions, both zoned R4. <br />