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mOWNIMMIN JUSTIFICATION Since the property was purchased by PEMC in 1974, an Orange County Zoning Ordinance has b4en adopted which places the site in a Rural Residental Zone. Therefore, in o der for PEMC to construct a Headquarters Building and Opera- tions Center on (the site, a special use permit must be sought. Justification sufficient to persuade all concerned parties that the health, safety, welfare and tranquility !of the area will not be jeopardized by such development must be presented. As a result of careful consideration to these concerns by the Owner and Architect, along with other consultants, the position is taken that the area will not be penalized or violated as a result of PEMC developing the site. Quite to the contrary, it is hoped that the narrative more than sub- - stantiates that the Owner has approached the entire scope of the project sensitively, and that the desire of PEMC is to be a good neighbor that, in fact, enhances the entire area. The requested special use permit to Design Development - Office Institutional is being made with highest regard for present occupants and landowners in this Rural Residential area. PEMC feels it has satisfied all its program on the site, and in relation to H.C. 86 and contiguous properties without adversly impacting traffilp patterns or the community environment. Piedmont Elelctr c Membership Corporation is a non-profit, community oriented business which must, by its very existence, be easily accessible to the commun- ities and customers in serves. To this end, the direct relationship of this site location to major arteries, such as N.C, 86 and 1-85, is of utmost impor- tance. At the same time, PEMC is not such that traffic is adversly impacted by its day-to-day operation, since the business will impact N.C. 86 with not more than two hundred counts per day, ?EMC presently has 53 employees and anticipates growth not to exceed 75 employees. Since tremendous areas of the site are being left undisturbed and large natural buffers are being retained around the entire perimeter of the property, excellent visual screening and acoustical diffusion has been achieved. Coupled with the fact that PEMC is a clean, non-hazardous business, the tranquility of the area remains unchalle tged. The placement of this long-term investment in this area, by a corporation already a well established and respected citizen of the Hillsborough business community, will enhance and even provide a stabilizing influence on the entire community. Without this type of long-term investment, one might well expect continued attempts at small scale commercial development that brings with it changing land use char- acter from one tennent to another as market conditions change. The type land use offered in this request does not tend to encourage such strip commercial development. The requested land use plan allows for extensive review and protection of adjacent properties, both for now and the future. Not only does this request enhance and protect adjacent properties, it also recognizes the potential that lands adjacent to and across N. . 86 will be made more valuable by such development activity as PEMC is proposing].