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FI1 <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'l- <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 on the northwest quadrants 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 />C1 <br />