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The property west of and adjacent to said propert• asked to be zoned is commercial i. e- rest home trailer court Real Estate office and barber shop. Property north of said property to be zoned is Weaver Dairy Road and part of proposed Sedgefield Subdivision to 1-40. To -the east is Timberlvne Subdivision of approximately 140 Lots. South is agricultural. property- The character Of . the area has drastically c),anged in the past three years with the following subdivision established.- North-vlood (100 to 150) , Stoneridge (200) , Sedgefield (100) , carol Woods (239) , Cedar Hills (90) and Countryside (50) and Timberlyne Subdivijion. (140) . This area will eventually have a total of new homes of approximately 740 without Carol Woods residents or apartments of 239 by the 1990 to 1981- The property asked to be zoned is cent- rally located between all the developments mentioned and designated by the Chapel Hill Board of Alderman as an activity center in the Land Use or Comprehensive Plan. The owners plan to own and Aty2loR the area for a neighborhood shopping center with facilities for local shoppers only- in addition an office park is planned for professional offices along with a mix of Townhouses behind the center as a buffer to the property to the south. Tt is anticipated that a grocery, drug store and other neighborhood related stores -,o;iil occupy the center which as stated before will be owned and operated locally. ' Water is presently available at the site and sewer is now being installed for the Timberlyrie area of-200 acres. There in No shopping facilities north- of the town of Chapel, Hill except for the Town and Country center which is basically in town and some 2 miles from the subject area. The areas designated Shopping Center office parl-, (l) Office Park (2) . Town- houses and the 30 acre tract north of Weaver J.)airy Road designated "Future Development" are asked to be zoned general commercial since the owners -wish to phase the development over a 5 to 10 year period... if the zoning is changed it is beleived that the shopping center preliminary plans, water sewer leasing and building will take 2 to 4 years initially, therefore the owner plans to open some facil-J ties in lt aO 1982 -which will coincide � with the development 0, many of the subdivision in said area. The L site plan will show setbacks with much green space and it has been strongly suggested to the architects that grading be reduced to a minimam in the areas to (1) Prevent soil erosion, (2) leave as many mature trees standing and (3) reduce the commercial appearance of the property to blend in with the residential atmosphere.