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esmsonsuenssowns. 070 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 2727$ • MEMORANDUM TO: COUNTY MANAGER BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PLANNING BOARD FROM: PLANNING DIRECTOR DATE: MAY 23, 1988 SUBJECT: EXPANSION OF COMMERCIAL-INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY NODE • (CHEEKS TOWNSHIP LAND USE PLAN COMPONENT) COPIES: PLANNER III (COMPREHENSIVE) As part of the Cheeks Township Land Use Plan update, a petition was submitted by Dolly A. Hunter to include property, on the northeast corner of U.S. HighwaY 70 and Oak Street in • the Commercial-Industrial Activity Node. (See attached letter and map. ) Such, petitions are not without precedent inasmuch as several are to be considered as part of the Joint Planning Area public hearing on June 30. Others were received during the initial preparation and consideration of the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Such petitions are also different in that they are considered within the context of a larger plan amendment. Upon consideration of the request, the Planning Staff has proposed, as part of the Cheeks Land Use Plan update, that the Activity Node be extenoed . in an easterly direction approximately 560 feet and 290 feet in a northerly direction - - the approximate depth of the Red & White Food Store lot. The expansion was proposed because of Staff =incurrence with some of the points made in the Hunter petition. Specifically, the availability of water and sewer will increase growth pressures, and traffic increases along U. S. Highway 70 will cause residential to non-residential use conversion on bath sides of the highway. Since the preparation of the proposal to be presented at public hearing, the petitioner contacted adjoining property owners to inform them of the request. Subsequently, one or more adjoining and/or nearby property owners contacted the Planning Department with concerns about the Activity Node expansion. The concerns focused on the desire to retain the • [