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12 BONING AMENDMENT ~ ~ ~. STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION ~. ~ - ~ ~ ~ For . OItANGE~COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES FACILITY Chapel Hill •~'ownship • FTN 9879 77 4584 GENERAL (Jrange County hereby'requests azoning change far the subject property, to allow . development of a comprehensive animal services .facility. ~ The property consists of 5.96 acres, more or.less; located on the south side of Eubanks Road (SR 1727) west of the ' intersection with Hillhouse Road (SR 1725): The undeveloped.properiy.lies within'the planning jurisdiction ofthe Town of Chapel.Hill, and is currently zoned R 1. The . Applicant requests that the property's zoning be changed to OI-1-C. Concurrent with this zoning amendment request, the Applicant will also request a Special Use Permit for the property. In consideration for the zoning amendment, the Applicant is willing to accept a Conditional Use designation, which will limit usage of the~.praperty to .the specific conditions attached to the Special Use Permit. The proposed land use designation for the praject is Public Service Facility, as defined in the Town of Chapel Hill Land Use Management Ordinance. ~ . JUSTIFICATION The Applicant believes that the requested zoning amendment is justified (a) because of changed land use conditions ini the vicinity ofthe subject property, and (b) because the resulting development will achieve the purposes of the Town of Chapel Hill's adopted Comprehensive Plan. C~]CANGED CONDITIONS In recent years, land use patterns in the project area have begun to take on a more - transitional character, primarily associated with Mixed Use zoning designations. The undeveloped property to the north, across Eubanks Road, is currently zoned MU QI-1. To the northeast, diagonally across the Eubanks/Millhouse intersection, acommercial - building has recently been constructed on a parcel with a MU 4I-1 zoning designation. ~To the east, across the railroad tracks, several parcels are also zoned MU OI-1. And