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~~~ <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Chapel Hill Town Council <br />Orange County Planning Board <br />John Link, Orange County Manager <br />W. Calvin Horton, Chapel Hill Town Manager <br />FROM: Orange County Planning Staff <br />Chapel Hill Planning Staff <br />DATE: October 15, 2003 <br />SUBJECT: Joint Planning Area Public Hearing, 10-15-03: RUSCH HOLLOW (aka <br />Rusch Road Subdivision) ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENT -Proposed Amendment to the <br />Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas <br />The purpose of this Joint Planning Area Public Hearing is to receive public comment on a <br />proposal to amend the Joint Planning Area (JPA) Zoning Atlas to change the zoning of <br />approximately 3.03 acres of land northeast of the intersection of Rogers Road and Rusch Road <br />from Residential-1 (R-1) to the Residential-Special Standards-Conditional (R-SS-C) zoning <br />district. The site involves three properties, .identified as Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 23, <br />Block D, Lots 14, 15, and 20 (PIN Nos. 9870424466, 9870539615, 9870536626). The site is <br />located outside of Chapel Hill's Corporate Limits in the Chapel Hill Joint Planning Transition <br />Area. <br />Background <br />The Town of Chapel Hill has received an application for a Zoning Atlas Amendment to rezone <br />approximately 3.03 acres of land northeast of the intersection of Rogers Road and Rusch Road. <br />The site is an assemblage of three properties currently located within the Residential-1 (R-1) <br />zoning district and is identified as Chapel Hill Township Tax Map 23, Block D, Lots 14, 15, and <br />20. <br />The applicant has requested that the site be rezoned from Residential-1(R-1) to the Residential- <br />Special Standards-Conditional (R-SS-C) zoning district. The "conditional" designation means <br />that, if the rezoning is approved, no development may occur on the property unless the Chapel <br />Hill Town Council approves a Special Use Permit. If a Special .Use Permit issued for a <br />Conditional Use District is abandoned, revoked, or becomes void, the conditional use zoning also <br />becomes void and the property reverts to its previous zoning classification. <br />On April 12, 1999, Chapel Hill Town Council created a new zoning district called Residential- <br />Special Standards-Conditional. This new zoning district allows a residential density of up to 12 <br />