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~:~ g 4 units per acre, along with additional modifications to the land use intensity regulations. The Residential-Special Standards-Conditional (R-SS-C) zoning district was introduced in order to facilitate development of affordable housing. Summary of the Chapel Hill and Joint Planning Area Land Use Plans A Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan was adopted in 1986. Chapel Hill has since adopted a new Land Use Plan in May 2000 which Orange County adopted as an amendment to the 1986 Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan effective October 1St, 2003. The application site is located in an area generally between Homestead Road and Eubanks Road, and between the railroad tracks and west to Rogers Road. The Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan as amended in this location is designated as "Low Residential", 1-4 units per acre. In the case of the parcels in question and the proposed rezoning the Residential-Special Standards-Conditional (R-SS-C) zoning district has no minimum or maximum density however; an accompanying Special Use Permit application shows a site layout for 5.2 units per acre. The proposed rezoning will therefore exceed the density envisioned by The Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan. Zoning Atlas Amendments Zoning determines the type and intensity of uses and development that are allowed on a piece of land. A Zoning Atlas Amendment involves a change to the current zoning, and thus the permitted types and intensity of land uses. In accordance with the Town of Chapel Hill's Zoning Ordinance, a rezoning may be requested in two ways: general use and conditional use rezoning requests. A general use rezoning request is a proposal to change the zoning to a different zoning district in which any of several kinds of developments and uses are permissible. A conditional use rezoning request is a proposal to allow development and uses only with (1) specific limitations, and (2) the approval of a Special Use Permit. The Rusch Ho71ow rezoning application is a conditional use rezoning request. Consequently, if the Rusch Hollow conditional use rezoning request were to be approved, the applicant would still need to receive approval for a Special Use Permit application from the Town of Chapel Hill, prior to development actually occurring on the site. The zoning designation of a property determines the range of land uses and development intensities permitted on the property. Article 4.4 of the Town of Chapel Hill's Land Use Management Ordinance establishes the intent of Zoning Atlas Amendments by stating that, "In order to establish and maintain sound, stable, and desirable development within the planning jurisdiction of the Town it is intended that this chapter shall not be amended except: a) to correct a manifest error in the chapter; or 2