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March 18, 2010 Orange County Planning Letter to UNC <br />detailing new site plan approval for an expansion of the <br />existing research facility. <br />.�F <br />ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Current Planning <br />(919) 245 -2575 <br />(919) 644 -3002 (FAX) <br />www.co.orange.nc.us <br />131 West Margaret Lane <br />P ® Box 8181 <br />Hillsborough, <br />North Carolina, 27278 <br />March 18, 2010 <br />Eugene Bobber <br />Planning Office The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill <br />425 Macnider Hall CB## 7000 <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27599 <br />RE: REVIEW of development activities at 1907 Orange Chapel Clover Garden Road <br />(TMBL 6.33..12 / PIN 9728 -93 -1820) <br />Dear Mr. Bobber: <br />Thank you for your recent efforts to allow for a site visit by Planning staff to inspect <br />recent construction activities associated with the development of a University operated research <br />facility, in accordance with an approved site plan(s), at 1907 Orange Chapel Clover Garden Road <br />(hereafter `the Property'). <br />The property is approximately fifty -six (56) acres in area and is currently zoned <br />Agricultural Residential (AR). The property is also located within the Agricultural Residential <br />Land Use Category as defined within the 2030 Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The <br />property is heavily wooded with numerous streams flowing throughout. <br />In reviewing our records, staff has determined the following: <br />1. Sometime in 2003 a discussion began amongst Planning staff and University officials <br />over the possibility of developing a research facility on the property that included <br />housing and breeding facilities for mice, dogs, and hogs that are utilized to support <br />various research projects. <br />2. In November of 2003 a letter was issued by the Planning Department informing the <br />University that the property could be utilized to develop a `Universities, Colleges, and <br />Institutes' land use in accordance with the provisions of the Orange County Zoning <br />Ordinance (hereafter `the Ordinance') as such uses were considered a permitted use of <br />property within the AR zoning district per Section 4.3 Table of Per initted Uses subject to <br />.1 <br />