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1 O R A N G E C O U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 1, 1993 Action Agenda Item # AIL-C,r SUBJECT: JPA-1-92 - CHAPEL HILL SOUTHERN SMALL AREA PLAN DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes x No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: - 10-14-92 JPA Public Hearing Gene Bell, Ext. 2589 Minutes - Chapel Hill Resolution of Adoption - Carrboro Resolution of Adoption - Proposed Amendments TELEPHONE NUMBERS: - Southern Small Area Plan Map Hillsborough - 732-8181 - Draft 1-12-93 PB Minutes Durham - 688-7331 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Land Use Plan to incorporate the Southern Small Area Plan adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council on June 23, 1992 . BACKGROUND: In October, 1990 the Chapel Hill Town Council appointed a Small Area Plan Work Group to develop a recommended long-range plan for the Southern Area. This area is located generally south of Morgan Creek and includes land on both sides of U.S. 15-501 South to the Chatham County line. To the east, the boundary is a natural ridge line. To the west, the boundary is 250 feet east of Smith Level Road. The majority of the southern area is located within Chapel Hill's extraterritorial planning jurisdiction (ETJ) . However, an area of approximately 205 acres bounded generally by U.S. 15-501 to the west, the ETJ line to the north, Old Lystra Road to the east, and the Chatham County line to the south is in the JPA. This area is currently designated as Chapel Hill Suburban Residential Transition in the JPA Land Use Plan. The Plan describes such areas as follows: Suburban Residential Areas are designated for housing densities from one ( 1) to five (5) dwelling units per acre. Such areas are located where land is changing from rural to urban, suitable for urban