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24 <br /> Mr. Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br /> January 23, 1989 <br /> Page 5 <br /> the Property is an old dairy farm but is no longer being used as <br /> such. <br /> The Eno Township Plan acknowledges that "Millie agriculture <br /> is important to the Township, the conversion of agricultural lands <br /> to non-farm uses over the last three decades has been continuous <br /> and significant. " LUP at 3.10-5. Crop and pasture lands are, from <br /> all available evidence, diminishing. Id. According to the land <br /> utilization charts appearing in the LUP, only 15% of the Township's <br /> land is being used for agricultural purposes; another 23.5% is in <br /> managed forests. (LUP at 3.10-8 and 9) . <br /> Population Density. The property should be "located in areas <br /> with moderate to high population densities. " In this respect, <br /> population projections forcast an increase in the population of Eno <br /> Township of over 43% between 1987 and 1995 (from 5,489 to 7,874) <br /> and an additional need for 1,473 housing units. (LUP at 3. 10-12 <br /> and 13, Tables 3-13 and 3-13a) . According to the LUP, the bulk of <br /> these additional dwelling units is allocated to the southern side <br /> of the Township where the Property is located: "Low density non- <br /> farm residential development is most appropriate in the southern <br /> tier of Eno Township. " (LUP at 3.10-14) . Stravhorn Hills <br /> certainly meets this criterion as well as other pockets of <br /> development around the Property. <br /> With regard to the policies adopted in the Eno Township Plan, <br /> the extension of Ten Year Transition to the Property is entirely <br /> consistent with the goal that "low density residential development <br /> should be the predominant land use in the southern portion of the <br /> Township. " (LUP at 3.10-11(2) ) . At present, the Ten Year <br /> —Transition Area has been extended down Old N.C. 10 to service the <br /> subdivisions which are already served by Hillsborough water. (LUP <br /> at 3-10. 1Z) . With the likelihood that water and sewer service to <br /> the County's new elementary school on New Hope Road will come via <br /> Old . N.C. 10, the same rationale would call for the Ten Year <br /> Transition Area to be extended as well. <br /> Under the Zoning Ordinance, "low and medium intensity <br /> residential" allows a minimum lot area per dwelling unit of 20, 000 <br /> square feet under R-2 zoning, 15,000 square feet under R-3 zoning <br /> and 10, 000 square feet under R-4 zoning. See Articles 4 .2.4 (a) and <br /> 5. 1.1 (R-2, R-3 and R-4) . "Low density" as envisioned by the Eno <br /> Township Plan would be consistent with R-2 zoning allowances. <br /> Historic and Cultural Considerations. - The final criterion <br /> specifies that the subject property should be "located away from <br /> areas where development would have a detrimental impact on state <br /> or federally acknowledged historic cultural sites or county <br /> identified public interest areas. " There appear to be no state or <br />