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. r <br /> NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED REVISIONS TO <br /> THE ORANGE COUNTY/CHAPEL HILL/CARRBORO <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN AND MAP <br /> AND <br /> THE LAND USE ELEMENT AND MAP OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> AND ZONING ATLAS <br /> FOR ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Pursuant to the requirements of the General Statutes of North Carolina, Chapter 153A,240,323,and 343;Articles 20.5,20.6,2.2.12 and 2.2.13 of <br /> the Orange County Zoning Ordinance; and Article 2 of a Joint Planning Agreement between Orange County and the Towns of Chapel Hill and <br /> Carrboro, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at the OWASA Operations Center, 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro, N.C., on <br /> April 14, 1994 at 7:30 PM for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or against the following items: <br /> JOINT PLANNING AREA LAND USE PLAN <br /> The proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan and Map is as follows: <br /> 1. JPA-1.84 American Stone Company <br /> (Third in a series of public hearings, the first occurring in October 10. 1991 and the second on October 14, 1993). <br /> x The property in question is located on the north side of NC Highway 54 on either side of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road(SR 1104).The <br /> property contains 207.64 acres and is specifically described as Lots 8A(part),9B, 9C,9E of Tax map 28 in Bingham Township and Lot 31A <br /> of Tax Map 112 of Chapel Hill Township.The property fronts on NC Highway 54 for distance of 2,240 feet,on the west side of SR 1104 for a <br /> distance of 3,600 feet,and on the east side of SR 1104 for a distance of 2,920 feet. <br /> The property is currently designated as Extractive Use, Resource Protection, Public/Private Open Space,and Rural Residential on the Joint <br /> Planning Area land Use Plan map. The applicant is requesting that the Extractive Use designation be extended to all of the property <br /> described above. <br /> This amendment requires the approval of the governing boards of Orange County,Chapel Hill,and Carrboro. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> ? The proposed amendment to the Land Use Element and Map of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan is as follows: <br /> 1. CP-1:94 American Stone Company <br /> (Third in a series of public hearings,the first occurring on October 10, 1991 and the second on October 14, 1993). <br /> The property in question is located on the north side of NC Highway 54 on either side of Bethel-Hickory Grove Church Road(SR 1104).The <br /> property contains 207.64 acres and is specifically described as Lots 8A (part),9B,9C,9E of Tax Map 28 in Bingham Township and Lot 31A <br /> of Tax Map 112 of Chapel Hill Township.The property fronts on NC Highway 54 for a distance of 2,240 feet,on the west side of SR 1104 for <br /> a distance of 3,600 feet,and on the east side of SR 1104 for a distance of 2,920 feet. <br /> The property is currently designated as Public Interest Area and Rural Buffer on the Land Use Element Map. The applicant is requesting <br /> that a Rural Industrial Activity Node be established on NC Highway 54 to encompass the properties described above. <br /> This amendment requires the approval of the governing board of Orange County only. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS <br /> The proposed amendment to the Orange County Zoning Atlas is as follows: <br /> 1. Z-1-94 Southern Small Area <br /> The purpose of this amendment is to rezone a portion of the Joint Planning Area to promote consistency with the Southern Small Area Plan <br /> adopted by Chapel Hill on June 28, 1992 and Orange County on February 1, 1993. The area in question is bounded generally by US 15.501 <br /> on the west, the Chapel Hill extraterritorial planning boundary on the north, Old Lystra Road (SR 1915) on the east, and the Chatham <br /> County line to the south. <br /> The area contains approximately 205 acres and is proposed to be zoned residential with densities of one unit per acre.The existing Chapel <br /> Hill zoning district classification is R-1 Residential which requires 17,000 sq. ft. of gross land area for a single-family detached house. The <br /> proposed Chapel Hill zoning designation is R-LD1 Residential which requires 43,560 sq. ft. of gross land area for a single-family detached <br /> house.It approved,the Chapel Hill zoning designation would be incorporated by reference into the Orange County Zoning Atlas. <br /> This amendment requires the approval of the governing boards of Orange County and Chap,.: dill. <br /> All interested citizens are invited to attend this hearing and be heard. Public comment will be received during the public hearing. Following the <br /> close of the public hearing, only evidence received in writing by the date of the Orange County Planning Board meeting following the public <br /> hearing will be considered by the Board of Commissioners for decision. <br /> angel may be made in the advertised proposals which reflect debate,obfections am discussion at the hearing. <br /> Questions regarding the proposals may be directed to the Orange County Planning Department located in the Planning and Agricultural Center, <br /> 2_6F Revere Road, Hillsboroug`, North Carolina.Office hours are trom 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,Monday through Friday.You may also call 732-8181 <br /> ,Hillsbor�jp�gh),688.7331 (Durham)or 967.9251 (Chapel Hill-Carrboro).When prompted for an extension number,pleese enter 2589. <br /> Marvin Collins,Planning Director <br /> t <br />