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1 <br /> OR AN G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 8. 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # Y=_0 <br /> SUBJECT: SOUTHERN SMALL AREA PLAN REZONING <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x.__No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Bell <br /> Ext. 2589 <br /> - 7-5-94 Memo to Chapel Hill Town Council TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> - 4-14-94 JPA Public Hearing Minutes Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> - Draft 7-18-94 Planning Board Minutes Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider rezoning the portion of the Joint Planning <br /> Area (JPA) transition area encompassed by the adopted <br /> Southern Small Area Plan. <br /> BACKGROUND: On April 14, 1994 the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> and Chapel Hill Town Council held a joint public hearing <br /> on the proposed zoning of the southern JPA transition <br /> area. The subject area is approximately 205 acres in <br /> size and bounded generally by US 15-501 to the west, the <br /> Chapel Hill extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) line to <br /> the north, Old Lystra Road to the east, and the Chatham <br /> County line to the south. Plan recommendations for this <br /> area are residential densities of one-unit-per-acre for <br /> the area west of Wilson Creek and one-unit-per-five acres <br /> for land east of Wilson Creek. <br /> At the Town public hearing for areas inside the ETJ on <br /> November 15, 1993, six residents of the White Rock Church <br /> area off Old Lystra Road spoke against the proposed five- <br /> acre lot zoning (R-LD5) saying it would create hardships <br /> and damage the long-standing community that had existed <br /> there for decades. In response to the concerns, the Town <br /> Council adopted one-acre zoning (R-LD1) for the area. <br /> They concluded it would be consistent with nearby <br /> developed areas and still maintain the minimum lot size <br /> necessary for rural residential development. <br /> The proposal presented at the April 14 public hearing was <br /> R-LD1 zoning for the entire area. Members of the White <br /> Rock Church area who spoke at the hearing expressed their <br /> support for the R-LD1 zoning. <br />