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Y 1 i ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: January 16, 1996 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT CP-2-95, CHARLES AND JAMES DAVIS DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING: YES % NO ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Map of Site Dave Stancil, Extension 2590 Draft Public Hearing Minutes, 11/27/95 Draft Planning Board Minutes, 12/18/95 (Please see 11/27/95 public hearing agenda TELEPHONE NUMBERS: for additional materials) Hillsborough - 732-8181 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider action on a proposed amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. BACKGROUND: A proposal to expand an existing Twenty-Year Transition Area has been received from Charles W. Davis and James L. Davis for part of a parcel between NC 86 and Old NC 86, south of the Town of Hillsborough. The area proposed for re-designation is a 50-acre portion of a 108-acre parcel on the southeast side of Cates Creek in Hillsborough Township. The property is undeveloped and is adjacent to the I-40/Old 86 Economic Development District.The site is currently designated Rural Residential, while the remainder of the parcel is designated Twenty Year Transition. The applicants are requesting that the 50-acre portion also be designated as Twenty-Year Transition. The designation of Twenty-Year Transition is applied to land in transition from rural to urban uses which has or will have access to public water and sewer service.The proposed designation of Twenty-Year Transition would allow potential rezoning of the property to higher-density residential uses. The site is currently zoned R-1, with a minimum lot size of 0.92 arses. This item was presented for public hearing on November 27, 1995. One person asked about future buffering requirements and next steps in the development process. On December 18, 1995, the Planning Board unanimously recommended approval of the amendment. RECOMMENDATION: The Administration recommends approval of the proposed amendment, as indicated in the November 27 staff analysis and recommendation, and per the Planning Board recommendation.