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5 <br />C) A rezoning is justified to achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />Staff Comment: We believe the information in the record thus far can be summarized as follows: <br />Arguments in Support: Arguments in support of this finding are offered in the applicant's <br />Statement of Justification (please see attached Statement). <br />Arguments in Opposition: The applicant has proposed a density cap of 8.06 units/per acre in the <br />attached Statement of Justification. The proposed density exceeds the maximum density for the <br />medium density residential land use classification for this site in the 2000 Land Use Plan, <br />adopted by the Town of Chapel Hill. This plan was adopted by Orange County as an amendment <br />to the 1986 Joint Planning Area Land Use Plan on October 1St, 2003. <br />The applicant has proposed rezoning to Residential-S-Conditional (R-S-C). This zoning district <br />has density cap of 15 units per acre and a maximum floor area ratio of .303, compared to the <br />existing floor area ratio of :076 for Residential-1 and .093 for Residential-2. For purposes of <br />comparison, we note that the Residential-3 district (which has a maximum density of 7 units per <br />acre) has a floor area ratio of .162. We believe that the requested floor area ratio of .303 is <br />higher than what would be expected in an area with amedium-density designation. <br />Preliminary Recommendation <br />~~~ <br />The Planning staffs of Chapel Hill and Orange County recommend denial of the proposed <br />amendment to the Joint Planning Area Zoning Atlas because we believe that the requested <br />rezoning is not consistent with the medium density designation of the Land Use Plan. We note <br />that further evidence maybe submitted at the Public Hearing. (Please see Attachment) <br />