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i PFF" F! l range Countv Habitat for P, 0. Box 161 Carrboro, NC 27510 VARIANCE REQUEST Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Inc. Chestnut Oaks Subdivision Factors Relevant to the Issuance of a Variance: 15r (a) (1) The two "orphan" lots, labeled proposed lots #4 and #5 in the attached plan, are surrounded by existing lots of record and Gemena Road. Property to the rear is in separate ownership. The area across Gemena Road is proposed community space for the entire subdivision. Under the new 2 -acre zoning, the two proposed lots would be unusable. (a) (2) The variance is requested due to the unusual pattern of land subdivision which occurred prior to the County's adoption of 2 -acre zonin in the rural buffer. Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, Inc. ? "Habitat "), a non - profit organization providing low- income housing, subdivided its property into four parcels under the County's procedure for minor subdivisions under the former 40,000 square feet zoning. Habitat permitted the first three families selected for housing to choose the site for their future homes from a total of nine prospective sites (the maximum amount of subdivision permitted before a major subdivision process must be followed). Habitat assumed it would record the additional lots at a later date, but is prevented from doing so by the newer zoning. Habitat does not seek approval for all its previously planned homesites through this variance, just the two which would otherwise be unbuildable. Although some other landowners may be similarly situated, the number is certainly small. (a) (3) The subdivision pattern was established by working with those low- income families who would help build and then occupy the momes and occurred while the sites'.zoning allowed minimum lot sizes of 40,000 square feet. (b) Continued development in the Chestnut Oaks subdivision will conform to the newer zoning. Habitat wishes to delay developing plans for cluster development of the entire site until studies of land use in the area and the work of the County task force on low- income housing have been completed, since development plans could be affected. The proposed variance will permit Habitat to continue building some low- income housing during this period: (c) If the variance is denied, the public will sacrifice a major.benefit -- two homes for low- income families -- in order to secure a minor benefit -- two undeveloped parcels in the rural buffer. Habitat believes the housing benefits substantially outweigh the impacts on the rural buffer, particularly since a large proportion of the subdivision will be in open space.