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10 ZONING 1 STATEMENT OF JUSTIFICATION For. ORANGE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICESTACILITY Chapel Hill•Township PIN 9879 77 4584 MUM Orange County hereby'requests a zoning change for the subject property, to allow development of 'a comprehensive animal services .facility. The property consists of 5.96 acres, more or.less, located on the south side of Eubanks Road (SR 1727) west of the' intersection with Millhouse Road (SR 1725): The undeveloped.property lies within the planning jurisdiction ofthe Town of Chapel.Hill, and is currently zoned R-1. The Applicant requests that the property's zoning be changed to 01-1 -C. Concurrent with this zoning amendment request, the Applicant will also request a Special Use Permit for the property. In consideration for the zoning amendment, the Applicant is willing to accept a Conditional Use designation, which will limit usage of the-property to the specific conditions attached to the Special Use Permit. The proposed land use designation for the project is Public Service Facility, -as defined in the Town of Chapel Hill Land Use Management Ordinance. &STIFICATION The .Applicant believes that the requested zoning amendment is justified (a) because of changed land use conditions in the vicinity of the subject property, and (b) because the resulting development will achieve the purposes of the Town of Chapel Hill's adopted Comprehensive Plan. CHANGED CONDITIONS In recent years, land use patterns in the project area have begun to take on a more transitional character, primarily associated with MixedUse zoning designations. The undeveloped property to the north, across Eubanks Road, is currently zoned MU -0I -1. To the northeast, diagonally across the Eubanks/Millhouse intersection, a commercial building has recently been constructed on a parcel with a MU -OI -1 zoning designation.. To the east, across the railroad tracks, several parcels are also zoned MU OI -1. And