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. ' PAGE 13 _ . . . . - • 7 , .. - . . . . . - . ' ' f: . l'-':-.• .-- "..... -- '-2: . ... --.. ' - ' 1 as a transition-area as it is in the path of urban growth. Then you designate it 2 without any consideration of anything else. The way this is done and the way that it 3 was addressed in the Hillsborough Comprehensive Sewer Plan, is to project the 4 population for that area. Then that population is converted to the land needed for 5 new housing units based on some assumptions about densities. Those densities may be 6 on an average in the range of two and one-half units per acre for transition areas. 7 The outcome of this is protection based on population projections. This is then. B .: allocated around the community based on where growth is likely to occur or where you 9 . want to see growth occur. . .. . . • ... .• - -• - . .. • •. . . 1 ...:15 .„... Jacobs asked about what would be the limit in terms of extending the transition 2... Orea...... Collins- stated,that, this would actually, with the exception of a few parcels 3%-:!..immediately adjacent on the east,. be the limit of the transition area from a 20 year 4 'Planning perception, because. therein lies the limit of the 20 year Hillsborough. 5 _ . service area. Beyond that point, is another drainage divide and the cost for service 6 into an area like that becomes more prohibitive than serving this particular project 7. . -becauseyour pumping over one ridge and then over another ridge. This project, if 9 . developed, would require the installation of pump stations. 0 . Commissioner Marshall-pointed out that Hillsborough created this plan without 1 _ consulting with Orange County about what we expected to do for land use. ' . -. .. . 2 l' . ' :r ' ....',.. . • . . •- • , • . . • •- _ . 3 : PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPEN FOR CITIZEN'COMMENTS . . : . .. . . . . . 4........ . . ".:. : I.- - -J-'1::::::- . • -. . . -- .• - : - . - • • .. • ... . 5 • '..... % Gordon Brown, an attorney representing University Station Associations and a 6 .... resident of Orange.County, stated that the Land Use Plan Amendment .was first brought.- ' .. .. . . , 7";i forward in JulY.7..;; It was heard at a Commissioners meeting in August and then. withdrawnR...-: ~ . .8.1.. by the:applicant: in September.L.:The driving force behind this withdrawal was:a. concern.l...,-.. . ..; 9%i.:......that the County's water and sewer policy had:not yet developed to the point that the':::: , . .. '. 07EdeveloPei....conld-escertain whether the project-would be feasible in relation to public . .- . • 1.-:IT;:waterand,sevierThehallmark of these developers is they want to do this project- ......L......, ! , 2-.ifight;;;'. They-believi-that" public water, and. sewer should be available: They share the: - 3.-":, distrust'of a. lot of people. about package plants and community water systems. '. The . ..... :.. : 4Y: technolna to: date just may not be there. The soils-on some of this project do not- - , * 5.:, lend themselves.to septic tanks and drainage fields. They feel that to get a quality • 6-.-. development there, and one that is reliable and in the public interest, that public ' V..: woter.and'sewer. should,be available. That explains the hiatus between the summer and EF-1.today - The County's water and sewer policy is a long way toward realization and with .. respect to that realization the developers felt that they should take advantage of the 0. ....once a year Land Use Plan Amendment which this hearing is on tonight. Consequently, f.2.:-:.they are applying for a change to bring this property within the transition area which . - 2-..':. is also coterminous with.Billaborough's 20 year water and sewer plan. It is important 3 to realize that in the fall there was no guarantee that whatever was done on this property the public water and sewer would be extended to it. -- Under the proposed . 5 :Twoter and sewer policy; water and sewer can be extended to this project if it is in a . 6 ...=: 10 year transition area. 1.7.-This does not mean if this is changed to a transition area, 7.'4. that developers,can come' in and automatically alter the density in this area. They gi...,:would come in under the existing R1 classification that allows approximately 1 lot per 9 .. . acre. . A lot of things would then have to be looked at to determine what they apply 0 ' for'as the next stage. One option available is to simply apply for a planned 1 _development at a density of one unit per acre. Another option would be to apply for a 2 rezoning change to a higher density. If that happens then it would be for only very 3 . specific reasons. It may be to take advantage of the affordable housing policy that 4 the Board may be in the process of adopting now. It could want to take advantage of 6 7 . 3 I 1 _