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~~~~ office development could be developed on designation. 4 this site under the Office/Institutional-1 zoning Pro osed Amendment to the Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas The property owner has submitted a Zoning Atlas Amendment requesting that the site be rezoned from the Residential-1 (R-1), Residential-2 (R-2), and Mixed-Use Office/Institutional-1 (MU OI- 1) zoning districts to the Residential-S-Conditional (R-S-C) zoning district. The Residential-5- Conditional (R-S-C) zoning district allows a density of up to 15 units per acre. The owner has submitted a Statement of Justification (attached) outlining voluntary limitations regarding the future use of the site, if the Residential-S-Conditional (R-S-C) zoning is approved for this site, including the following: • A maximum density of 8.06 units per acre. • Provisions to make 15% of units available to low-moderate income families. Discussion Analysis of this application is organized 4 4 of the Lan1deUse Management Ordinancelsha 1 not Use Management Ordinance that Article be amended except a) to correct a manifest error in the chapter; or b) because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the jurisdiction generally, or c) to achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan. Accordingly, we provide the following analysis: A) A rezoning is justified to correct a manifest error. Staff Comment: We believe the information in the record to date can be summarized as follows: Arguments in Support: We were unable to identify any arguments in support of a manifest error. B) A rezoning is justified because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the jurisdiction generally. Staff Comment: We believe the information in the record thus far can. be summarized as follows: Arguments in Support: No arguments have been made to date in support of changed or changing conditions in this particular area. We note that the Chapel Hill Town Council has approved one development, Larkspur Subdivision (approved February 25, 2002) within 500 feet of the Chapel Watch Village site during the past 7 years.