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7 <br />• "The project will further the goals of the comprehensive plan by reducing automotive traffic, <br />encouraging walking and biking, and directing new the development of housing to areas where <br />the infrastructure already exists." [Applicant's Statement] <br />• The project is within easy walking distance of an elementary, middle, and high school and near <br />public parks, Carolina North, and the County's Senior Center. [Applicant's Statement] <br />• The project will dedicate 20% of its homes to the Orange County Community Land Trust for <br />affordable housing. [Applicant's Statement] <br />• "All development has been concentrated on roughly '/Z of the site, leaving a stream, .300 feet of <br />stream buffer and open space untouched by development." [Applicant's Statement] <br />• 64% of the gross land area on the site is open space or recreation space. [Applicant's Statement] <br />• Two existing homes on the site will be moved and,recycled instead of demolished. [Applicant's <br />Statement] <br />Arguments in Opposition: No arguments in opposition have been submitted to date. <br />Preliminary Recommendation <br />The Planning staffs of Chapel Hill and Orange County recommend approval of the proposed <br />amendment to the Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas. We believe that this rezoning could be justified <br />based on the finding that a rezoning would achieve the purposes of the Chapel Hill Comprehensive <br />Plan. Our preliminary recommendation is that the Orange County Commissioners and Chapel Hill <br />Town Council adopt the attached ordinance, rezoning the property from Residential -2 (R -2) to <br />Residential -4- Conditional (R -4 -C). We note that further evidence may be submitted at the Public <br />Hearing. <br />7 <br />