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00063 REQUEST FOR REZONING Subject Property; A 49. 17 acre parcel of land, part of a 64. 11 acre tract belonging to the heirs of John Duncan and lo- cated on Homestead Road in Chapel HiII Township, Orange County, North Carolina. - Applicant: _ Piedmont Atlantic, Inc. Dale Redfoot, president, 383-8354 Buz Lloyd, secretary, 967-9948 I-C Riverbirch Road Durham, North Carolina Date: January 17, 1986 STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION Changed Conditions The rapid growth of the Research Triangle area particularly including Cha- pel Hill combined with the recent tendency towards construction of primarily multi-family housing in and around Chapel Hill and Carrboro has left the southeastern Orange County area with an acute shortage of land developed for the construction of single family homes. The construction of Interstate 40 through Orange County has further heightened population growth in the area and particularly in the area north. of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Rezoning this tract of land to densities allowing construction of approximately two units per acre will aid in easing the shortage of land developable for sin- gle family housing in this area. Land Use Plan Approximately 15% of this tract lies within the "Ten Year Transitional" area:of the existing Land Use Plan. The proposed amended Land Use Plan redefines this same area as: "Urban Residential". The balance of the tract lies in the area described as "Twenty Year Transitional" and "Suburban Re- sidential" by the two plans respectively. Residential development at the density of approximately two units per acre is an appropriate density of use for this area in the light of both the existing and proposed Land Use Plans; this, usage will provide the desired transition between urban and rural land use densities as called for in the proposed Joint Planning Land Use Plan. Zoning Ordinance Criteria With regard to Section 4.2.3 of the Oragne County Zoning Ordinance, this tract satisfies the listed criteria as follows;