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Lse / /' f7 � " -,-r'°' 'Q 4/4ieedfroye.... 33 143 ,., <br /> 2) The proposed amendment complies with nine of eleven <br /> locational criteria, and may potentially comply with all <br /> eleven. No additional adverse environmental impacts are <br /> foreseen through the inclusion of these 21.58 acres into the <br /> Transition Area. <br /> By its very nature, this proposal is directly and <br /> inevitably related to the recent University Station <br /> amendment. The applicant had originally . asked that his <br /> property be included in the deliberations of that earlier <br /> proposal, but was unable to do so because of time <br /> constraints. The applicant understands the relationship <br /> between his 21-acre proposal and the 575-acre transition area <br /> that now surrounds one of his lots and borders another. The <br /> possibility of cooperation between the two property owners <br /> for a joint planned unit development does exist, but would be <br /> up to the discretion of the property owners themselves. <br /> 3) The Town of Hillsborough's designation of a Future <br /> Utility Service Area has a great deal of bearing on the staff <br /> recommendation. Transition Area designations in the Plan are <br /> premised upon the future availability of utility service. The <br /> Town has agreed in principle to serve the planned 575-acre <br /> adjacent development with water and sewer lines. The current <br /> proposed amendment falls into this future service area as <br /> well, and it appears that there are no constraints that would <br /> inhibit the placement of such lines in the future to serve <br /> this property. <br /> While this area is on the fringe of Hillsborough's future <br /> service area, staff recognizes that it is the policy of many <br /> municipalities to extend urban services in one of two <br /> manners. First, many municipalities provide service in an <br /> incremental basis, expanding their service area in contiguous <br /> "rings" outside the core of the community. The second method, <br /> used by many fast-growing towns, is to expand its service <br /> area significantly as the market dictates. This method might <br /> find a municipality extending its services substantially in <br /> only one direction where growth is rapidly occurring, and <br /> then adopting a policy of infill to fill in the gaps in <br /> service areas before implementing another extension of <br /> service. It appears that the Town of Hillsborough, like many <br /> historically-small towns under rapid development pressure, <br /> opts for the second method. <br /> k <br /> 7 <br />