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●Objective LU-5-2: Continue to implement the Orange County Hazard Mitigation Plan. <br />●Objective LU-5-3: Develop and coordinate an emergency disaster plan and community <br />education program to increase awareness of the dangers of natural and human-made <br />emergency events and understand how best to prepare. <br />●Services and Community Facilities Goal 7: Efficient and effective public safety, including <br />police, fire, telecommunications, emergency services, and animal services. <br />●Objective PS-T-3: Establish and maintain an appropriate level of service for law <br />enforcement and emergency services and ensure the provision of adequate public safety <br />protection standards for residential, commercial, and industrial development <br />throughout the County. <br />●Objective PS-T-4: Maintain high levels of cooperation and sharing of equipment among <br />all departments and agencies involved in law enforcement, public safety, crime <br />prevention, fire protection, and emergency services to assure a high level of service in a <br />cost effective manner. <br />●Objective T-2.3: Increase countywide access for emergency vehicles, including ways to <br />improve response times, both for existing and new developments. <br />7. Congruence with the Adjacent Parcels <br />Our plans for the 10-acre parcel are congruous with the nearby properties. A brief geographical <br />overview: <br />●To our south:the Orange County Landfill at 1514 Eubanks Rd. Adjacent to our property is <br />the artificial hill created by the old “preregulatory” unlined landfill no longer in use. <br />Beyond that is the county’s mulching operation and waste and recycling center. <br />Altogether this 120 acre parcel creates an approximately half mile buffer between our <br />property and Eubanks Rd. <br />●To our west: Duke Forest’s research forest area, which is closed to the public, creating a <br />1.15 mile buffer between our property and NC Highway 86. <br />●To our north and east: 78 acres of largely undeveloped land owned by Orange County. To <br />our north this creates a 1000 foot buffer between our nearest neighbors (Green Beagle <br />Lodge, and Green Beagle Lodge owners Andrew and Tammy Purner). To our east this <br />creates a 1,350 foot buffer to the 2-acre along Millhouse Rd owned by the Town of <br />Chapel Hill. <br />●Within our parcel is a 195 foot tall telecommunication tower within a 0.2 acre plot for <br />which the owner of the tower has a perpetual lease. <br />14 <br />31