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_ O7t. . .---- • MEMORANDUM TO: Orange County Board of Commissioners Orange County Planning Board County Manager _ FROM: Planning Director • SUBJECT: Expansion of Transition Area - Joint Planning Area Boundary Designation-Transition Area/Rural Buffer DATE: February. 20. 1987 This memorandum reviews proposed changes to the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan adopted October 13. 1987. One change involves the proposed expansion of the Suburban Residential land " use classification (Transition Area) to the dividing line between Bolin Creek and. New Hope Creek drainage basins. (See Exhibit A. ) Another change is the need to have consistent boundary descriptions of the Transition Area and Rural Buffer in both the JRA and Orange County Land Use Plans. R . On January 14. 1986. the first draft of the JPA Land Use Plan was presented at public hearing. (See Exhibits B and C.) The Plan recommended that Bolin Creek basin be developed primarily at densities of 2-5 units per acre (Suburban Residential classification) . Peripheral areas and developments with an average lot size of one acre were recommended for a Rural Residential classification. . Urban Residential or high density development of 6-13 units per acre was recommended near the Old N.C. 86/Homestead Road intersection and adjacent to Buckhorn Branch and Old N.C. 86. A major commercial/industrial node was recommended on Homestead Road. A second public hearing- was held on April 17. 1986. A revision was recommended to the Plan which affected the Bolin Creek basin - combination of a small Rural Neighborhood node at Calvander with the larger commercial/industrial node proposed in January. (See Exhibit.D.) . . . On August 5. 1986. the Orange County Planning Board recommended changes to the Plan based on evidence received at the April public hearing and subsequent neighborhood meetings. An important change was the deletion of the commercial/industrial node proposed at. Calvander. Coupled with this revision was the deletion of high density Urban Residential areas and a reduction .Suburban Residential designations. both reflecting the decreased demand for housing formerly associated with the large-scale commercial/industrial center. Two weeks later. the - Board of County Commissioners adopted the JPA Land Use Plan. including the proposed changes in Bolin Creek basin. subject to the resolution , .of, iPlan:• differences with Chapel Hill. (See Exhibit E.)