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uppEsT BNJ1 FIEMMONT POWER =PAW FOR A. REZONING FRCI4 RESIDEN2IAL-1 TO PLANNED D PMENT OFFICE INSTMTITONAL AND CLASS A SPEICAL USE PERMIT. EIELO Piedmont tias requested a rezoning to PD-01 in a tract of land in Hillsborough Township. The area of the parcel is 33.92 acres, it is on NC86 south of the town of Hillaborou-.4 adjacent to Joppa Oaks and Duke Forest and across fromWood Brothers coanerical used. As previ. , .ly indicated the adopted Land Use Plan'would have to be amended in order to acc.lodate the proposed use. Piedmont purchased this property in 1974 with the intention of using the site as an office building and yard storage area after the purchase, the cooper- ation made application of Washing D.C. for the approval to go ahead with the planning and design of the structure. During the late 1970's and early 1980's i Orange County was developing a land use plan and zoning ordinance which would I be applied to rillsborough Township on September 2, 1982. The property was zoned Er.l whic.i aeons it could be used for residential purposes at a density of one unit to the acre. Piedmont brought the problem to the attention of the Plan- ning Staff. The Staff outlined the options open to the developer and the developers decided to apply for a planned develo-pment designation. The Oran i e County Health Department has approvedS1te aft-ia- ioground sewage disposal system for the Office Building. However, the developers are continuing to investigati the possibility of extending a sanitary sewer line from the existing service near the intersection of US 70 and NC 86. The application contains letters from the Orange County Sheriffs Department, and rescue squad which state they I can provde service to the develowent. Orange Rural Fire Department wrote that it can servicie the building. I The application contained all the pertinent material required by seed= 8.8. The site is located adjacent to NC 86 which is designated as a arterial in the adopted Lpnd Use Plan. According to the most recent figures of the NC DOT there are 41 motor vehicle trips/per day along this section of the road. The Planning IStaff estimates that this development will generate 1450 motor vehicle — trips per d4 The two proposed entrances to the site have good sight distance in both directions. The service entrance which is 186' north of the public en- trance shoulcl be paved according to state secondary road standards rather than be a gravel road as suggested in the application. The ph)4i.cal character of the site lends itself to the proposed development. The site p14 shows a 100' wide buffer along the property lines to the north, east and south. The high elevation of the site is 702' near where the developer pro- posed to ins all a radio coamunication tower to a low point of 631' near the