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September. 14, 1992
<br />4019 Old NC Ten
<br />D t,i r h ei rn, NC, x)77 0 5
<br />To both:
<br />Orange County Plarining Department
<br />Orange County Board
<br />of (,,ommiF4sioners
<br />Hjllshn.r-,ough, NC, 127,`78
<br />Dear Sirs:
<br />This letter is in response to CP-1-92 University Station and the
<br />proposed airiendment to the. Land Use Elemerit Of the c"cl.,11pi-ehensive, Plain.
<br />We would like to than , k the, Orange COUnty Planning Department for
<br />informing those Of Us beyond the 500-foot limit that a public hearing
<br />was to be held on 8/24. Indeed, a project of the size and scope
<br />described would affect many,
<br />Our letter is two-fold in purpose. First, we wish to respond to the
<br />issue of the proposed amendment. We understand that this is the f0CUS
<br />of t-the Planning Department, Presently. Secondly, we ei sh to comr.-ent on
<br />rJ Some Of our feelings about the proposed development. �Ve imagine that
<br />r,h-;57, -is Premature from the Planning Department's view, but not from
<br />the Board of Commissioners.
<br />"�e _..
<br />vot ' e a strong,; NO to an amendirtent to the Comprehensive Land Use
<br />Plan. The Land Use Plan has only had a brief life �:t tljir-, point. Oul' -
<br />recol-ection of its coming into existence was that of a rnalic_,.r and
<br />S C 1-1 SS, 1. 01) S,
<br />lengthy Process Of MeetiC]R's, thoughts, arguments, that
<br />- and
<br />other ';,,restlings by mar-ly of u-s in Orange I
<br />Co. that eventual -L y
<br />C-1-ili-ninated in the Plan. Now there _are tJ-1,Ds,..t 4ug;n: -sti
<br />i. _ e ng Lill anienilr."..ent
<br />"befor-e any time h.-HS Passed Cnr the present ?1.an tt---) ld( I
<br />h"e- ) rx" , C-; ":, - tor_ t h
<br />rural and urban Opportunity to work tC,gether. _)m, r
<br />resTDonse is "NO".
<br />We have i,nany re_a_7, on ; i7or finding the ' development cai'led
<br />"University Station" reprehensible. (By the way, a commi..inity
<br />"University Station" presently exists and was here long before we came
<br />here). We will attempt to list these in an orderly manner and hope
<br />that You will consider them seriously.
<br />Ne find the su-ggestion that the development ,,till be a rural villag-e i 11
<br />character is Planned coamunities ire fine ideas and all
<br />communities should be Planned. 1100 housing plus with all the
<br />acouti -ements in the 'Plar' on 600 acres is h,trt rural. In.
<br />t1;e people t"hat live on ant-I around Old ?�C Ten PrestEntl�)' h,-avt--_ a
<br />rural community, all-E -it not a vi is1ge. ThiS VIOUld "e, z fT'ectively
<br />dest..roYed by the pro
<br />v C Onges T_ i on 'ei_t l u P f i 1-1 i t I y lrr-tCl
<br />to an entire enlar; ;errient anti change of charaeter from the rural roads
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