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• • . 7 APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF LAND USE.PLAN FOR ORANGE-COUNTY_ Dace: TO: The Honorable Board of County Commissioners, - ,Orange County, North Carolina _ .. - CO`MISSIONERS: The undersigned parties request thee the property located in Chapel Hill Township, Tax `laps Numbered 4, 4-B, and 5, and Eno Tax Map No. 25, and pre-t pre- dominately on the Northeastern portion of Chapel Hill Township, to Eno Township, as shown on the attached nap narked Exhibit A, and presently being classified as a rural residential area, be changed to a Twenty Year Transition Atea and the area be classified a Commercial Transition Activity Node, which is to be called the Murphy School. Commercial Transition Activity Node. That the property Involved is generally described as follows and contains approximately 200 acres, mare or less: Description ., 1. Starting at the intersection of the Southern Railroad track and N,C. 1710 West 2,550 feet to the intersection of Rhodes Creek. 2. Thence in a Southerly direction on Rhodes Creek, approximately 2,000 feet. � ., 0.- Thence Southeast 2,000 feet to the intersection of Murphy School .) p Road and Ht. Herman Church/Cornwallis Road. (5-*C\ 4. Thence Northeast some 1,BDD feet to a 900 turn on Couch Mountain f^f Road immediately North of a school residential area. r1.-fir°,,✓ 5.. Thence from there 2,300 feet in a Northerly direction back to the - railroad underpass at the intersection of Old No. 10, this being the point of beginning. That the reasons for this request arc as follows: 1. Ihat the area involved in obviously not of a rural residential character. ? That this property is very close to a twenty year transitional area in the Eno Township and that this would simply extend that beginning which presently exists. B. That there are already existing in this area some eight or nine commercial operations; Dean's Truck S Coach, 0 6 N Electric. Phillips General. Repair, Bass' Welding Shop, Corner Grocery, Starcastle Disco, Orange Glass Company, Piedmont Paving Company, and Automotive Catering Service.. That zany of these commercial ventures have been in operation for as ouch as ten years or more at their present locations. 4. That this property is located near 1-85 and the Southern Railroad. That we, the undersigned, would support and agree to the change of this zrca in the Land Use Plan.for Orange County. That further we understand that should the Land Use Plan be modified and amended as requested, that this land would be eligible for rezoning for commercial purposes. We also understand that in this transitional area urban services such as eater and sewer may be provided, That further these urban services may be either provided for by public or local funds or by individual owners as the situation develops over the years., That we, the undersigned, do further understand that this request to amend the Land Use Plan will he discussed in depth at a joint public hearing .. (over)