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-------- _ <br /> 000009 <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO Chapel Hill Planning Board <br /> FROM: Rogier Weldon, Chapel Hill Planning Director <br /> Marvin Collins, Orange County Planning Director <br /> SUBJECT: Partin Property Rezoning - Application, for Orange County <br /> Zoning Map Amendment (ZMA-128-B-20) <br /> DATE: November 19, 1985 • <br /> This memorandum analyzes a .proposal to rezone land located, within <br /> the joint planning. area. The applicant requests a Zoning Map <br /> Amendment to' rezone 80 acres of land located between U.S. 15-501 <br /> South and Old Lystra Road from R-1 (Rural Residential) to R-4 (Low <br /> to Medium Intensity Residential) . <br /> The site abuts the Orange/Chatham County line and is identified as <br /> Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 128, Block B, part of Lot 20. The <br /> site is part of an 142.6-acre tract of which 80 acres are in the <br /> Orange Counti, planning jurisdiction, 8.3 acres are in the Chapel <br /> Hill planning jurisdiction, and 54.3 acres are in the Chatham <br /> County planning jurisdiction. Attached are copies of the <br /> applicant's ljustification letter, and a vicinity map. Also <br /> attached is la copy of Tax Map 128 showing the site. <br /> The site is designated a 20-Year Transition area on the Orange <br /> County Land Use Plan. A Land Use Plan Amendment approved in June, <br /> 1984 redesignated the site from Rural Buffer to 20-Year <br /> Transition. The applicant had requested an amendment to a 10-Year <br /> Transition area. However, the County Board of Commissioners' <br /> decision to redesignate the site as 20-Year Transition reflected <br /> its concerns about immediate development of the site. <br /> Evaluation <br /> Attached is a copy of Sections 4.2.2 and 4.2.3 of the Orange <br /> County Zoning Ordinance, which set forth the intents and criteria <br /> for establishment of the R-1 and R-4 zoning districts. The <br /> principle differences between the two relate to the time that <br /> urban servicas are likely to be available to the site. If urban <br /> services already exist at the site, or can be assured as part of <br /> the development of the site, then residential zoning other than <br /> R-I is pres4d to be justified. The primary urban services to be <br /> considered are public water supply and sewage collection, and <br /> vehicular access. <br /> _ _ <br />