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a <br />NOTICE OF JOINT PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Chapel Hill Town Council . <br />Carrboro Board of Aldermen <br />A public hearing will be held in the Southern Human Services Center, 2501 <br />Homestead Road, Chapel Hill,, North Carolina on Wednesday, April 11, 2001 at 7:30 <br />P.M. for the purpose of giving all interested citizens an opportunity to speak for or <br />against the following items: <br />A. Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan Amendments <br />Purpose,: To receive public comment on proposed amendments to the Joint <br />Planning Area Land Use Plan, pursuant to the Joint Planning Agreement. The area <br />in question is part of Chapel Hill's Transition Area, northwest of existing Town Limits. <br />Chapel Hill adopted a new Comprehensive Plan and new Land Use Plan in May, <br />2000. This hearing focuses on the portions of that new Land Use Plan that are <br />outside Town Limits. <br />Proposed changes to land use designations in the Chapel Hill Transition Area that <br />have been adopted by the Chapel Hill Town Council, and which the Town Council <br />requests be incorporated into the Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan include: <br />1. Changing the designation of the Greene Tract from "Landfill Pending Further <br />Study" to "Housing/Open Space." <br />2. Changing the designation of land south of Eubanks Road from "Open Space" <br />to "Low Residential" <br />3. Changing the designation of land north of Eubanks Road, between the <br />existing landfill and Millhouse Road, from "Mixed Use, Office Emphasis" to <br />"Open Space." <br />4. Changing the designation of parcels between Millhouse Road and Interstate <br />40 from °Mixed Use, Office Emphasis" to "Rural Residential." <br />The intent of these changes is to remove the Landfill designation from the Greene <br />Tract; to adjust the surrounding land use from "Open Space" to "Low Residential" <br />thereby reflecting existing land uses; to reduce the intensity of development <br />adjoining the Landfill north of Eubanks Road; and to adjust the mixed use area to <br />follow natural features of the creek. <br />These amendments require the approval of the Orange County Commissioners, <br />Chapel Hill Town Council, and Carrboro Board of Aldermen. <br />