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referencing the conservation easement as a special use condition for the rezoning wherever it is being transferred to. 4 Chair Gooding-Ray asked that the Planning Board be invited to any presentations that aze made to the Boazd of 5 County Commissioners. The Planning Board needs to be educated about the comprehensive plan. 6 7 Schofield asked if there were any other ways that the Planning Boazd would be interfacing with the Planning 8 staff other than as a reactionary group. Benedict said that the staff would be bringing in scenazios for the 9 Planning Board's review. The Planning Board is also invited to the Ordinance Review Committee meetings. 10 Schofield is worried that the Planning Board's input is less meaningful if it is choosing between the three end 11 products and does not know much about the process. Benedict assured Schofield that the Planning Board would 12 be involved in the process. 13 14 Chair Gooding-Ray suggested that an update be given on the comprehensive plan at each Planning Board l5 meeting. 16 17 Schofield said that he would personally like to be involved in the process. 18 19 AGENDA ITEM #9: MATTERS HEARD AT JOINT PLANNING AREA PUBLIC HEARING 20 (APRIL 11, 2001) 21 ~ a. Proposal to Amend the Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas to change the 22 zoning of a site on Homestead Road frnm Residential-2 to Residential-4 23 Conditional. 24 25 BACKGROUND: An application to rezone a 48.11 acre site on the north side of Homestead Road was presented 26 at the Joint Planning Public Hearing on April 11 2001. The property is identified as Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 27 24, lot 16 and a portion of lot 12. The property owner requested that the property be rezoned from the Residential-2 28 (R-2) zoning district to the Residential-4-Conditional (R-4-C) district. 29 30 In that the property is located in the Chapel Hill JPA Transition Area, zoning changes require the approval of both 31 the Chapel Hill Town Council and Orange County Commissioners. Ta receive a positive staff recommendation, 32 residential rezonings must be compatible with the residential densities recommended in the JPA Land Use Plan. 33 The maximum of 4.1 units per acre proposed in JPA-CH-Z-O1 is compatible with the plan recommendation of 1-5 34 units per acre for the area. 35 36 The inclusion of 15% affordable housing in the rezoning and special use permit proposal is a progressive aspect. 37 Access to the Greene Tract from Weaver Dairy Road should be considered. 38 39 The Chapel Hill Town Council considered JPA-CH-2-01 on June 25, 2001 and voted to approve the amendment. 40 °`AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHAPEL HILL ZONING ATLAS FOR THE HOMESTEAD 41 DEVELOPMENT" is included as an attachment. 42 43 RECOMMENDATION: Planning staff recommends approval of JPA-CH-Z-01. 44 45 Bell made reference to the Joint Planning Agreement and stated that it specifies that there are certain situations 46 where there is joint approval on projects. The Homestead Road area is outside the Town of Chapel Hill's town 47 limits, but it is within the Chapel Hill Transition Area component of the joint planning area. As such, any 48 changes to the zoning have to be approved by both the Town of Chapel Hill and the Boazd of County 49 Commissioners. The application is to rezone a 48.1,1-acre site an the north side of Homestead Road. 50 51 Jack Smyre from Kimley-Horn made a presentation. He said that Chapel Hill unanimously approved the 52 rezoning as well as the special use permit on June 25~'. He said that as an additional condition the applicant 53 offered that 15% of the housing would be affordable housing, defined as affordable to families at 80% of the .,