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417 Stony Hill Road <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27516 <br /> May 25, 1993 <br /> Board of Alderman, Town of Carrboro <br /> c/o Sarah C. Williamson, Town Clerk <br /> P.O. Box 829 <br /> Carrboro, NC 27510 <br /> Re: Hogan Farm Rezoning <br /> Gentlemen: <br /> The purpose of this letter is to voice my objection to the proposed rezoning of the Hogan <br /> Farm properties from RR, one unit per acre, to R-20, almost 2.2 units per acre. Article XX <br /> Section 15-325 of the Town of Carrboro Land Use Ordinance states that "In deciding <br /> whether to adopt a proposed amendment to this Chapter, the central issue before the Board <br /> is whether the proposed amendment advances the public health, safety or welfare. All other <br /> issues are irrelevant..."Subsection 15-325 (1) goes on to state that the Board shall not <br /> consider "any representations made by the petitioner that, if the change is granted, the <br /> rezoned property will be used for only one of the possible range of uses permitted..." and <br /> subsection 15-325 (2) states that regardless of the advantages to the applicant, the Board <br /> shall only "consider the impact of the proposed change on the public at large." - <br /> Not a single benefit to the public was advanced in the applicants' request for this zoning <br /> change. Indeed, a great number of people raised serious questions regarding the impact of <br /> a greater than 100% increase in the built-out repercussions of such a change including a <br /> negative impact on the Bolin Creek drainage basin, road traffic, school capacity, and <br /> eventually on our taxes. We already experience frequent flooding of Bolin Creek, precious <br /> wetland wildlife has already been displaced by growth along its course and no data has been <br /> presented on the impact of doubling the permitted density on these issues. Our schools are <br /> currently beyond their intended capacities and no provision has been considered to alleviate <br /> already heavy traffic through the Calavander intersection, such as paving Eubanks Road in <br /> its entirety. Accommodating the permitted and anticipated development of the Hogan Farm <br /> as zoned will not positively impact our tax burden. The impact of double density may well <br /> be more than twice as bad. This has been the case in many other developing residential <br /> areas. Time and again it is only the developers who end up putting money into their <br /> pockets. <br /> The Hogans suggest that they will not utilize the rezoned acreage at its capacity of 2.2 units <br /> per acre, but rather only at 1.3 units per acre, or as I last heard 1.6 units per acre. The <br /> Board must, in its deliberations, consider the impact of the full permitted uses of such a <br /> rezoning, as nothing less could be enforced. <br /> RECEIVED 'SAY 2 5 1993 <br />