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DEPARTMENT OF CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING <br />UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL <br />PLAN 223 (1) <br />STONEY CREEK BASIN SMALL AREA PLAN WORKSHOP <br />Spring 1995 <br />INSTRUCTORS: Dave Godschalk and Phil Berke <br />TEACHING ASSISTANT: Marion Clark <br />ORANGE COUNTY STAFF RESOURCES: <br />Coordination: Marvin Collins, Planning Director <br />Zoning /Subdivision Mary Willis, Planner III <br />GIS Miriam Coleman, Planner I <br />Land Use David Stancil, Planner Ii <br />Environment Don Belk, Planner II <br />Transportation Slade McCalip, Planner II <br />Utilities Paul Thames, County Engineer. <br />Recreation Bob Jones, Recreation Director. <br />Economic Development Ted Abernathy, ED Director <br />PURPOSE: To evaluate land use alternatives in the Stoney Creek drainage basin area southeast <br />of Hillsborough (see attached map), bounded generally by U.S. Highway 70 on the north, <br />Stoney Creek and the Chapel Hill railroad spur on the east, the Joint Planning Area (Rural <br />Buffer) boundary to the south, and I -40, the proposed I -40 /Old N.C. 86 Economic Development <br />District, and N.C. Highway 86 on the west. <br />CLIENT: The Stoney Creek Basin Planning Group (see attached charge), formed to prepare a <br />land use plan and implementation recommendations, and made up of members from the Orange <br />County Board of Commissioners, Planning Board, Economic Development Commission, and <br />School Board; the Hillsborough Town Board and Planning Board; Duke Forrest; and Triangle <br />Land Conservancy. In addition, representatives from twelve area neighborhoods will be invited <br />to attend Planning Group meetings. <br />SCOPE OF WORK: The class shall prepare, evaluate, and present three alternative land use <br />plans for the basin; <br />1. Status Quo Plan, utilizing a conventional development approach under existing <br />County zoning and subdivision regulations. <br />2. Open Space Plan, utilizing the Flexible Development approach under consideration <br />by Orange County, based on general open space design principles proposed by Randall <br />Arendt and others (see Rural By Design and "Designing Open Space Developments in <br />Sussex County, Delaware "). <br />3. Neotraditional Plan (village concept), utilizing principles proposed by Andres Duany, <br />Elizabeth Plater - Zyberk, Peter Calthorpe, and others (see Towns and Town - Making <br />Principles, The Next American Metropolis, and The Pedestrian Pocket Book). <br />Plan preparation shall be based on a Suitability Analysis of the area within the basin, using the <br />