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• <br /> COLEMAN, BERNHOLZ, 32, DICKERSON, . . <br /> • BERNUOLZ, GLEDHILL & HARGRAVE <br /> t --.= .•., <br /> a.„„ <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW LS 12-1 - .16,6 <br /> P.O. DRAWER 1529 • M.EC, <br /> 129 E. TRYON ST. <br /> HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. 27278 <br /> 919-732.2196 <br /> 919-942-8000 December 12, 1988 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20,FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 137 E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL,N.C.27514 <br /> 919.929-7151 <br /> ALONZO B.COLEMAN.JR. <br /> STEVEN L BERNHOLZ <br /> DONALD R.DICKERSON Moses Carey, Jr. , Chair <br /> ROGER B.BERNHOLZ <br /> GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL Stephen Halkiotis <br /> DOUGLAS HARGRAVE John Hartwell <br /> G.NICHOLAS HERMAN <br /> KIM K.STEFFAN Shirley Marshall <br /> NATHANIEL E.CLEMENT Don Willhoit <br /> MARILYN E.TOMEI <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Of Counsel <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER 109 Court Street <br /> (1902.1972) Post Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Re: Zoning Consistent with the Land Use <br /> Element of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> During your October 18, 1988 regular meeting <br /> you considered recommendations from the Planning Board <br /> and from the Administration against rezoning some par- <br /> ' eels (other than Duke University Property) in Cheeks <br /> and Eno Townships from one or more commercial designa- <br /> tion to the designation EC-5. At that meeting, <br /> advised the Board of the need to maintain consistency <br /> between the land use element of the Comprehensive Plan <br /> and the Zoning Ordinance. The Board requested more <br /> information concerning this consistency requirement and <br /> an analysis of the relationship between zoning changes <br /> being considered and the Land Use Plan. <br /> Section 20. 3.2 of the Zoning Ordinance <br /> 1 . requires any application for a zoning change to state <br /> "the manner in which the proposed Zoning Atlas. . . <br /> amendment will carry out the intent and purpose of the <br /> adopted Comprehensive Plan or part thereof. . . . " <br /> Article 4 of the Zoning Ordinance contains the <br /> permitted use regulations of the ordinance. Section <br /> 4. 2. 12 states: <br /> a) intent <br /> The purpose of the Existing <br /> Commercial-V (EC-5) District is to <br /> ! <br /> • <br />