Agenda - 04-04-2023; 5-b - Application for Zoning Atlas Amendment – Parcel Located at 3026 White Cross Road, Chapel Hill, in Bingham Township

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167 DRAFT 765 766 George Barnes- Right. 767 768 Beth Bronson-So you would be going from one right hand turn lane to a right-hand turn lane to get into the 769 establishment? 770 771 George Barnes-Yes. 772 773 Beth Bronson- I think I'm clarifying that the right-hand turn lane that exists already on 54 is not even 100 feet. So, the 774 one that's being required for the retail space that needs 34 parking spots versus the highway that services over 2,000 775 cars at peak, only has a 50-foot right hand turn lane. 776 777 Charity Kirk-What would you suggest? Do you have a suggestion? 778 779 Beth Bronson-To the point of the previous public comment of understanding better what our comprehensive plan is 780 going to be for how 54 is going to be developed. How the intersection for a rural activity node is going to be developed. 1 781 have issues with the existing assessment of what is necessary and what the requirements are I think,Yeah. does that 782 make sense? 783 784 Charity Kirk-You're suggesting to table this, until 54 is reviewed or are you suggesting they add a stoplight? 785 786 Delores Bailey- Point of order, did we finish the public comments? 787 Overlapping conversations 788 789 Adam Beeman-He was the last person to speak. 790 791 Overlapping conversations-loud murmurs from the audience. 792 793 Beth Bronson- I apologize, I wanted to make sure that I was asking the applicant a question... 794 795 Overlapping conversations 796 797 John Cecil- I have been a resident of White Cross for 52 years. I grew up there, it's my home, I'm not against 798 development, I feel like the retail establishment that is being planned there is going to service a totally different 799 demographic of our community than what is existing and being served by Bravo's Market. I shop at Bravo's Market, I will 800 continue to shop at Bravo's Market for those fresh goods. I haven't been in a retail establishment like the one that's 801 being planned for there, that sells those types of retail goods. Will it take some away from some of the convenience 802 stores? I'm certain it will. From the local establishment such as Bravo's Market, it's two totally different demographics 803 that it's going to serve. 804 805 Charity Kirk-So are you for it or against it? 806 807 John Cecil- I am for rezoning for a retail establishment. 808 809 Susan Walser- Hi I'm Susan Walser and I too have concerns about the traffic. I use the stoplight at Dodson's Crossroads 810 on 54 all the time and it's an uncomfortable situation. I don't go into that intersection even though I have a green light, 811 because people disobey the red light on 54. Twice, people have blown through the red light when I've gotten partially into 812 that intersection. So, 54 is not a safe road and with the increased traffic,that's coming from between Chapel Hill and 813 Alamance County all the time, it's a concern. I'm concerned if I go to Fiesta Grill and turn left to go back home if it's 814 during rush hour. It can take an awful long time to get out of there with people coming and going and if people are going 815 to turn left out of White Cross to go back west when through with their shopping at a retail establishment, I can't imagine 816 the backup of traffic that can happen. If they don't have a reasonable way to turn, I think there needs to be a stop light at 817 White Cross. If a retail establishment is going to get approved there is going to be one needed, otherwise, I think it's 818 going to be dangerous.There are still traffic accidents at Dodson's Crossroads even with a light there because of the 819 traffic flow. The other concerns that I have, if we're going to get a national retailer in that space, is that national retailer