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2 <br /> NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> CHAPEL HILL TOWN COUNCIL <br /> CARRBORO BOARD OF ALDERMEN <br /> A public hearing will be held at the OWASA Operations Center, 400 <br /> Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro, N.C. , on October 11, 1995 at 7:30 PM <br /> for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to <br /> speak for or against the following item: <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT <br /> 1. JPA-1-95 Chapel Hill Northwest Small Area Plan <br /> REVISE the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning <br /> Area Land Use Plan to incorporate the Chapel Hill Northwest <br /> Small Area Plan. The plan area is bounded generally by <br /> Interstate 40 to the north, Weaver Dairy Road and NC 86 to the <br /> east, Homestead Road, the UNC-owned Horace Williams tract and <br /> Chapel Hill High School to the south, and Rogers Road and Duke <br /> Forest to the west. <br /> The area contains approximately 1, 680 acres, about one-third <br /> of which lie in Chapel Hill's corporate limits. Most of the <br /> remaining area is in the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition <br /> District which is jointly planned with Orange County and <br /> Carrboro. The County sets the zoning using Chapel Hill <br /> categories and the Town is responsible for administration of <br /> development ordinances in the area. Residential density for <br /> most of the area currently averages slightly over two units <br /> per acre. The area around the Eubanks Road/NC 86/I-40 <br /> interchange is classified for mixed-use development allowing <br /> office and institutional uses and some low-density residential <br /> in the northernmost part of the study area. <br /> The recommended plan proposes a Village Pattern of development <br /> focused on the Greene tract (a large parcel of property in the <br /> center of the plan area owned jointly by Chapel Hill, <br /> Carrboro, and Orange County) . The Village Pattern is <br /> characterized by decreasing densities as distance from the <br /> village center increases. It is intended to create a <br /> pedestrian-friendly environment that provides easy access to <br /> a village center that will have neighborhood stores and a <br /> central transit stop. The opportunity also exists to develop <br /> a transportation corridor in coordination with the rail line <br /> that runs through the area. An Employment Campus is <br /> proposed along Eubanks Road near the NC 86/I-40 interchange. <br /> It would be intended to serve as a place of employment rather <br /> than as a shopping area. Also, a new large Community Park is <br /> proposed in the northwest corner of the Greene tract. <br />