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t <br /> • _ <br /> • <br /> r <br /> 084 <br /> POSITION PAPER ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING BOARD ON MAY 15, 1986 IN <br /> SUPPORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE JOINT LAND USE PLAN. <br /> • <br /> The Planning Board met on seven occassions to formally <br /> review the second draft of the Proposed Joint Land Use Plan. <br /> . • The Board held a public forum and received public comment on the <br /> . proposals for commercial and industrial development nodes in the • <br /> • Calvander and Homestead Road areas. - As a result of these <br /> Meetings the Board prepared several motions concerning the Plan. <br /> :. This paper attempts to coordinate those recommendations, explain <br /> apparent ambiguities 'in the- language, and set out other positiona <br />• • ' which were assumed and not the aub3ect of a motion. <br /> Planning Agreement - - - <br /> The Board recommended that the Board of Aldemmen accept <br /> -the April 1, 1986 draft of the Joint Planning Agreement and - <br /> forward that to Orange County for their approval. - <br /> • <br /> • <br /> Industrial Park/Commercial Node at Homestead Road <br /> • <br /> The Board originally proposed a commercial and industrial <br /> park for the northern area. The Board selected the use because - <br /> it .seemed to have local support--preliminary findings of 2000 <br /> Task Force, Economic Development Commission for Orange County, <br /> and statements of prior Town Boards. The Board selected the area <br /> because it was the beat site on Carrboro's side. The Board <br /> listened to the comments of the residents in the northern area <br /> and decided to withdraw any recommendations for commercial and - <br /> industrial development in the northern area. The Board expressed <br /> reservations about even a neighborhood commercial node at <br /> Calvander in light of the size of the node, its potential uses <br /> and its partial location in the University Lake watershed. <br /> Office Park at Rogers Road <br /> The Board supported the proposed office park for Rogers <br /> Road. <br /> Residential Development <br /> The Board recommended that the proposed constraint system <br /> which is used to determine density be revised. The Board desired <br /> that the constraint system which treated all wooded areas as a <br /> constraint be limited to only those wooded or vegetated areas <br /> that have mature trees, bottomland hardwoods or • <br /> wetlands. The Board also requested that the top density be . <br /> reduced from 13 units per acre to 6 units per acre. Also, that <br /> 1 - <br /> - <br />