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r i1OO7 ' 1 P.O.Box 337 a rrbo ro 301 West Ma,n Street Carrboro,North Carolina 27510 N.C. (919)942-8541 February 7, 1986 Ms. Susan Smith Orange County Planning Department Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 Dear Ms. Smith: Thank you for giving us the opportunity to comment on the Homestead High- lands rezoning. Our procedures do not provide an opportunity for Planning Board review on such short notice. The Planning Board meets the third Thursday and agendas are sent out the second Thursday of each month. The Town is for- mulating policies regarding land use densities in undeveloped areas peripheral to the Town. The Administration's position, until a clearer policy direction is pre- sented, is: 1. That density on undeveloped land should reflect the capacity of the land, considering limits on development posed by factors such as flood hazards, steep slopes, soils, and University Lake Watershed protection. We allow a modest increase in density where other goals are met, particularly housing goals: such as a mixture of housing styles---single-family large lot, single-family small lot, multi-family ground unit, multi-family non-ground unit, multi-family four story. 2. On the other hand, we desire to continue to foster a policy of high density with limited access on land within 500 feet of arterials. This tract has a density capacity under our proposed natural constraint system of four to five units per acre. Since it is in a corridor for a future arterial , we hope that the development would utilize at least this density, hopefully more. On the other hand, we realize that because of the proximity of this site to the school , there may be some need to restraint the intensity of develop- ment here. To the extent that this zoning would increase the density on the tract we support the petition. We are concerned that a conventional subdivision may be inappropriate because of steep slopes on a significant portion of the tract. We would encourage the use of a PUD style of development. We would encourage the County to consider developing cluster provision for development and to provide incentives for its use.