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. _ 3 In response to the third test, there has been no change in land use policy that would justify an amendment. Applying the Locational Criteria contained in Section 3.4 of the LUP, staff finds that the site meets all requirements of Rural Residential except Energy Use which states that Rural Residential areas should be at least five minutes commuting time from an activity node. This site is closer than five minutes. With regard to the Locational Criteria for Ten Year Transition, staff finds it does not meet the test for Public Service/Utilities which states: Located in areas which are or could be reasonably and efficiently served by centralized public services and utilities. There are Tbwn of Hillsborough water lines which serve surrounding properties. However, these lines suffer from flow and pressure limitations. Providing sewer to the area would be costly because of topographic limitations which would require the use of pump stations. Locational Criteron for Transportation System states: Located in areas that have very good road access, as well as service by rail lines. These areas should have the most complete transportation network in the County's planning jurisdiction. This site does have direct access to rail lines in that the western boundary of the property is Southern Railway. However, the road system is somewhat limiting. Frontage is on Old NC 10 (SR 1710) which is classified as a collector. The Locational Criteron for Existing Land Use states: Located in areas which are in transition from rural or low density uses to urban or higher density uses. Staff contends that the tract in question is located adjacent to such areas, but not in them. The final Locational Criteron for Ten Year Transition is Population Density, which states: Located in areas with moderate to high population densities. Once again, staff contends that the tract in question is located adjacent to such an area but not in one. The Locational Criteria for a Commercial Industrial Transition Node are basically the same as those for Ten Year Transition except the Existing Land Use criteria states: Located within identified Ten or Twenty Year Transition Areas, which the site currently is not. The Planning Department recommends denial of the request. The tract was properly classified in the Central Orange Area Study. Their opinion is that the area delineated by 1-85 to the north, Orange Mobile Home Park to the west, and Southern Railway to the south is correctly classified as Rural Residential per the Locational Criteria previouslyemumerated. Bell further noted that staff recieved many letters of opposition on this amendment request. Copies of these letters were included in agenda packets or distributed at the meeting tonight. Most of the opposition has come from surrounding property owners. Orange County Health Department and Town of Hillsborough Planning Board have also expressed opposition. Tom Chandler, President of Chandler Concrete Company, made the following presentation: His operation has been in Hillsborough since 1972. At that time, other surrounding businesses and mobile home parks were not in the area. Be was contacted in August of 1984 about the availability of land adjoining his tract. He noted that be was led to believe that the property was already in the Land Use Plan as commercial property. Nothing was done with the property until January 1985. At this time, representatives of DEM visited the site and informed Mr. Chandler that they had received a report that acid was being used and present in the runoff from this property. DEM did find high acidity levels and from that point on, Chandler was told to take steps to control the flow of