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21 <br /> • <br /> Mr, Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br /> January 23, 1989 <br /> Page 2 <br /> 1. The Pro.osed Amendment Will Carr Out the Intent and <br /> Purpose of The LUP. <br /> The Partnership is proposing a principal amendment to the LUP <br /> since it seeks an "addition to existing areas that exceed[s] one <br /> hundred acres in land area. " Article 2.2.14.2c. Accordingly, <br /> Article 20.3.2b. requires a statement as to the manner in which the <br /> proposed amendment will carry out the intent and purpose of the <br /> adopted LUP. The articulated purpose of the LUP is "to manage the <br /> forces of change to insure an appropriate and desired pattern of <br /> land use. " (Preface to LUP at xv) . The LUP is, in turn, "an <br /> analysis of economic and demographic forces contributing to the <br /> existing land use pattern. " (Id. ) . <br /> The Partnership respectfully submits that it requested <br /> amendment is entirely consistent with the objective of managing the <br /> .-.,, forces of change. The Property, now designated as Rural - <br /> Residential, is gravitating toward more moderate density <br /> residential development where urban services (water and sewer) will <br /> become significant over the next ten years. Therefore, the <br /> Property meets the definition of- a "Ten-Year Transition" area: <br /> - Land located in areas that are in the process of changing <br /> from rural to urban, that are suitable for urban type <br /> • densities and should be provided with public. utilities <br /> and services within the first 10 year phase of the Plan. <br /> (LUP at 3.3-2) . <br /> Evaluation' of how the redesignation of the Property as a Ten <br /> Year Transition Area is consistent with the Land Use Goals set <br /> forth_in- Section 3.5 of the LUP is best seen by applying the <br /> specific locational criteria set forth in 3.4 : <br /> Land Slope. Under this criterion, there should be "no <br /> significant slope or topography -problem that would unreasonably <br /> increase the cost of extending water and sewer lines. " The LUP <br /> • specifies that slopes exceeding 15% "offer some degree of <br /> constraint to the potential use of that land and are generally <br /> considered unsuitable for intensive development. . . ". (emphasis <br /> supplied) . However, the presence of "steep slopes does not in <br /> itself prohibit land use. . . ". (LUP at 2.2-3) . Only a very small <br /> portion of the Property is designated as having "steep slopes" on <br /> the Environmental Constraints map published by the Planning <br /> Department. <br /> The twenty year sewer plan for the Town of Hillsborough <br /> depicts a force main to the southwest of Old N.C. 10, evidencing <br /> a . determination that extension of water and sewer lines is <br /> feasible. While there are some areas of steep slope located in the <br />