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~. `~ ~ -~y CHAPEL WATCH VILLAGE Zoniag Atlas Amendment Statement of Justification The property owner, Campus Estates, LLC, formally requests that a 34.99 acre site (Tax Map References 7.18..15, 7.18..16, and 7.18..16A) located south of Eubanks Road, east of the University Rail Line, north of the approved Larkspur subdivision, and west of the Northwood subdivision, be rezoned from a mixture of Residential-1 (R-1), Residential-2 (R-2}, and Mixed Use, Office/Institutional (MIJ-OI-1) zoning districts that currently exist on the site to a Residential-S-Conditional (R-S-C) zoning district, with a density cap of 8.06 dwelling units per acre. 'The Town of Chapel Hill's Land Use Management Ordinance prescribes that in order to establish and maintain sound, stable, and desirable development within the planning jurisdiction of the Town it is intended that the Chapel Hill Zoning Atlas shall not be amended except: 1. to correct a manifest error in the Zoning Atlas, or 2. Because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or the jurisdiction generally, or 3. to achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan. The applicant believes that this rezoning request can be justified for the third reason noted above. Achieving the Purposes of the Comprehensive Plan The Town's 2000 Comprehensive Plan and accompanying Land Use Plan reflect significant growth that occurred in northern Chapel Hill during the late 1990s, and envisioned additional growth and development in this azea. In particulaz, the following events aze noteworthy with regard to growth and development in northwest Chapel Hill over the last several years: ~~ • The opening of the Town's northern Pazk & Ride Lot on Eubanks Road in the mid- to late-1990s; and, the establishment and regular operation of transit services on Eubanks Road;