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n <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date. 5. 1994 <br /> Agenda Abstract <br /> Item*—C-2 <br /> SUBJECT: CP-3-94 UNIVERSITY STATION <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: X Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> General Project Boundary Map Planning Director X2592 <br /> Summary Sheets/Schematic Maps - <br /> Open Space & Development Options PHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732.8181 <br /> NOTE: ALSO REFER TO AGENDA ITEM*C-1 FOR Mebane 227-2031 <br /> ADDITIONAL MATEMALS. Durham 688.7331 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to the Land Use Element <br /> (Map) of the Comprehensive Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: The property in question extends from Interstate Highway 85 on the north in a <br /> southerly direction across the Southern Railroad and Old N.C. 10(SR 1710)to the <br /> Chapel Hill railroad spur line.The western limits of the property generally follow <br /> the boundaries of the Strayhorn Hills Subdivision and New Hope Church Road <br /> (see attached boundary map). <br /> The property contains approximately 862.25 acres (by tax map acreage) and is <br /> specifically described as lots 17 and 20 of Tax Map 27 in Eno Township, lots 47, <br /> 48, and 83 of Tax Map 26 in Eno Township, and lots 10A, 10B, 10C, 12, 13, 13B, <br /> and 13C of Tax Map 3 in Chapel Hill Township.The property fronts on New Hope <br /> Church Road (SR 1723) for a distance of 2,900 feet and on Old N.C. 10 for a <br /> distance of 4,920 feet. <br /> The current zoning designation of the property is R-1 Residential.The proposed <br /> map amendment would change the designation in the Eno and Chapel Hill <br /> Township components of the Comprehensive Plan Land Use Element from Rural <br /> Residential, Agricultural Use, and Resource Conservation to a proposed Open <br /> Space Development Area category. <br /> An Open Space Development Area is defined as land adjacent to an Urban or <br /> Transition area which is generally non-urban in character and which will generally <br /> remain as such. Characteristics of this category include the following. <br /> 1. Land in this category will generally contain low-density residential uses <br /> (e.g., no more than two units per acre). <br /> 2. Developments may be served by individual wells and septic tanks or by <br /> public water and sewer. Public water and sewer would be an option <br />