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. i <br />NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION <br />The amendment proposed will permit the development of a "Rural Village" <br />on the University Station site. This will be consistent with the intent and <br />purpose of the. Comprehensive Plan and is in line with work cu'rr'ently <br />underway by the Rural Character Study Committee. Development will be <br />focused on the village center, reserving permanent open space for use as a <br />public golf course and a 25 -acre public park. <br />Development of this community will be similar to neo- traditional villages <br />at Seaside in Florida, Kentlands in Maryland, .Black Oak in Virginia and Lake <br />Park Village here in North Carolina. They are examples of recent <br />developments in rural land planning and of a line of thinking gaining <br />increased acceptance from planning boards and in the marketplace, as well. <br />This plan will produce a community with a complete mix of housing types <br />and costs, together with associated commercial and civic facilities. The <br />character of the village will draw heavily from 19th century architectural <br />precedents from Orange County, with a grid of streets, a village square at <br />the center surrounded by shops. A site will be reserved for a church and <br />another for a community center. Housing of various types, ranging from <br />small apartments over the shops and in buildings to attached houses, <br />houses on small in -town lots, and larger houses on lots facing the golf <br />course. <br />It is proposed to develop University Station with approximately 1200 <br />dwelling units, an associated mix of small scale commercial uses and a <br />championship signature golf course of 18 -27 holes. The 600 plus acres <br />will be developed with clustered density near the village center and <br />decreasing density away from the center toward the golf course which <br />wraps around the village. <br />The project is b being planned with an overall density of 2 units per acre: <br />necessary because of land costs and because that density is required if the <br />small commercial core of the village is to prosper. <br />The project will be phased, with a first phase of approximately 500 acres <br />south of NC 10, with 18 holes of golf. The second phase of 160 acres <br />would add another 9 holes north of NC 10, and additional housina units. <br />L <br />n <br />