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3S r <br /> QUESTIONABLE. Again, the current situation does not yield a <br /> population density near the standards spelled out. However, <br /> the imminent introduction of moderate to higher density land <br /> use on adjacent land, and the Town of Hillsborough's plans <br /> for future utility service, make the prospect of meeting this <br /> criteria good. <br /> Historic and Cultural <br /> Located away from areas where development would have a <br /> detrimental impact on State or Federally-acknowledged <br /> historic/Cultural sites or county-identified areas of <br /> Public Interest. • <br /> • <br /> COMPLIES. There are no sites of historic/cultural interest <br /> 'within close proximity 'to this site. The closest County- <br /> identified area of Public Interest is Duke Forest, .located <br /> over one and one-half miles to the west. <br /> AGENCY COMMENTS <br /> No agency comments have been received to date. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> This amendment proposal is recommended for approval by staff. <br /> The reasons for this positive recommendation are as. follows: <br /> 1) The applicant's contention that the area is in <br /> transition from rural," agricultural land use to a more <br /> suburban land use appears to be consistent with recent <br /> activities in the area. As stated in the staff recommendation <br /> for the recent University Station amendment, there are <br /> "significant examples of transition away from rural ' <br /> agricultural uses in the area to low and moderate density <br /> residential uses, and the proposed location of a new <br /> elementary school at New Hope Church Road and N.C. 86 is <br /> further testimony to that fact. While the densities of nearby <br /> developments may not be of an urban nature, they are also not <br /> of a rural nature. The pattern of suburban devlopment appears <br /> to be the preferred option in this section of the County, , <br /> with lot sizes that may utilize urban services at a lower <br /> overall density. <br /> One new subdivision (Windy Sill Farms) is located directly <br /> across University Station Road from the subject property. 'As <br /> the County's population continues to grow at a relatively <br /> fast clip, it is likely that this corridor between Chapel <br /> Hill, 1-40, Durham and 1-85 will continue to see strong <br /> development pressures. <br /> • <br /> 6 • <br /> • <br />