Agenda - 02-25-1991 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

ti ( w11 However, the Land Use Element is consistent in its treatment of these "balancing" interchanges on either side of the Rural Buffer. The use of Interstate 40 as a growth management tool and boundary of urbanization allows for a definite and fixed boundary for urban development through the plan period. While urban development on the north side of the interchange could extend logically from the existing urban areas in Hillsborough, a node on the south side of this interchange would not have a natural boundary to limit urban sprawl . This is a fundamental tenet of both urban and rural planning, and provides for a logical and incremental extension of urban service areas . It is possible that such a proposal might be feasible and appropriate in the long-term (beyond the plan period ending in 2001) . Thus, the designation of this area as 20-Year Transition may be appropriate in the next phase of the plan. RECOMMENDATION The applicant has correctly stated that the Land Use Element is scheduled for a 10-year revision in 1991. With the "dovetail" effect of related efforts of the Hillsborough Cooperative Planning Zone and the Joint Planning Board/Economic Development Commission Work Group, staff recognizes that this is a proposal not without potential. However, action at this time would seem to be premature. _ .. Therefore, staff would propose the following: •s: "- 1. That, due to the nature of impending work by the Joint . Planning Board/EDC Work Group, the Town of Hillsborough/Orange County "Hillsborough Cooperative Planning Zone", and the County's ten-year evaluation of _ the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, the applicants be permitted to withdraw their application, and their application fee be refunded. Staff would encourage the applicants to take an active role in the efforts mentioned above regarding future land use at this interchange. By so doing, the applicants will have an opportunity to resubmit a proposal upon completion of the above-mentioned efforts, and the County will have an - opportunity to conduct a more thorough and policy-driven analysis of this question. If the applicants choose not to withdraw pending the above efforts, the recommendation of staff is that the proposed amendment be denied at this time. J:_ _ 2. That any„ future consideration of a Commercial Node at this interchange be expanded to consider such a proposal in the context of surrounding areas as well (since the concept of .. *:- a node is more comprehensive in nature. ) 10