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T1u Hgorappid <br />Rezoning Statement of Justifiprion <br />September 2DI)0 <br />Page 2 <br />the more usual suegle-family detached form of housing within Chapel Hill, but it <br />is offered at price points within the reach of much of the labor force of Chapel <br />Kill. At the same time, the relative isolation of the parcel from both. surrounding <br />neighborhoods and existing street frontages facilitates the goal of protecting <br />existing neighborhoods from the impacts of infill development. <br />SI~fr~Y• ~ rezoning will also further the stated goal of the Town to provide <br />affordable horsing (defined as affordable to a family of faun with 80 percent of <br />the area's median; income) at a level of 1S percent of the proposed housing. Not <br />only is this a goal of the Town whenever there is a rezoning, but that target level <br />of affordable housing is also included within the Compnehet<sive plan, The <br />applicant proposes to meet this goal threshold within The Homestead with <br />townhame ownership priced within those income guidelines. <br />.By conditionally rezoning the property and thereby requiring a Special use <br />Permit application instead of ente<taiaing a subdivision request for the property, <br />the stormwater goals of the Comprehensive Plan are feathered in that a <br />stormwater detention pLaa will be requured, incleriding the const<vction of <br />stormwater detention ponds. No such ponds are required ofsingle-family <br />detached developments. <br />Fux'thermore, the greenways and traasportation networks of the Town will be <br />furthered by completion of the, Weaver Dairy Road right-of-way carrido~r south <br />to Homestead Road and provision of the missing link of the Rail Trail greenway <br />corridor just east of the University Rafiroad line. Provision of these two missing <br />links will fierther the circalation alternatives for the c~mamity whether by <br />automobile, bicycle, or pedestrian in nature, <br />Finally, fire re~vning request has ben reduced.fivm the size and density of the <br />original 52-tepee Concept PLaa version to now provide as oppa~tnnity far - <br />~- faccilities to be located on the Homestead Road frontage area of the <br />original tract. A pvttiton of that Homestead Road frontage area is still included <br />within the project boundaries and within the rezoning request while the <br />remainder is now outside of the project boundaries and therefore available for <br />public acqunsi~ion, if so desired, Additionally, the portion still within the project <br />boundaries cennently has no planned program other thaw recreation. <br />In conclusion, the applicant asserts that, together with the accompanying Special <br />[Ise Permit application concrnrmtly submitted with this zoning amendment <br />petition, rcioning this 4$-acre property from R 2 to R-4(C) will unquestionably <br />achieve the goals and objectives of the Compreh~sive Plan. <br />1 <br />