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• � i <br /> 2 0 <br /> TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. (Focused on the intersection of <br /> arterial and/or collector highways and extending 0 .5 miles <br /> beyond such intersections or within one mile of an interstate <br /> interchange) . <br /> COMPLIES. This site has excellent access, located at the I- <br /> 40\Old Chapel Hill-Hillsborough Road interchange. This type <br /> of site is exemplary of a strategic transportation <br /> interchange and thereby complies with this criterion. <br /> ENERGY USE. (Located less than 10-minutes commuting time from <br /> an urban area) . <br /> COMPLIES. The site is located less than five minutes from the <br /> Hillsborough urban area and is approximately ten minutes from <br /> the Chapel Hill urban area via Interstate 40. <br /> EXISTING LAND USE. (Located within identified Ten or Twenty <br /> Year Transition Areas) . <br /> DOES NOT COMPLY. There is no .designated Transition area on <br /> the southeast side of Interstate 40. The site is currently <br /> designated Rural Residential. However, the applicant has <br /> proposed the establishment of, Ten Year Transition for this <br /> property. Both Ten and Twenty Year Transition Areas are <br /> located north of this interchange. <br /> AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY. (Located away from areas where <br /> development would have a detrimental impact on productive <br /> agricultural uses and managed forest land) . <br /> COMPLIES. There are no agricultural uses near this property, <br /> nor is the site in question located in close proximity to <br /> managed forest land such as Duke Forest. <br /> POPULATION DENSITY. (Located in areas with moderate to high <br /> population. density) . <br /> DOES NOT COMPLY. The area surrounding the I-40/Old Chapel <br /> Hill-Hillsborough Road interchange is quite rural in nature, <br /> with sparsely-located single-family housing along "Old 86" . <br /> Only 14 houses are located within 1/2-mile of this site. <br /> HISTORIC AND CULTURAL. (Located away from areas where <br /> development would have a detrimental impact on State or <br /> Federally-acknowledged historic or cultural sites, or County- <br /> ,identified Public Interest Areas. ) <br /> COMPLIES. There are no identified historic or cultural sites <br /> located in close proximity to the property. <br /> 6 <br />