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15 1 to it. He said it was shared with the planning consultants as well. He said they are cognizant of all 2 of the plans in place. 3 Commissioner Fowler asked if the wildlife corridors and allowed uses are compatible. 4 David Stancil said yes and gave an example of the connection to the Mountains to Sea 5 Trail between Riverwalk and Hillsborough. He said that 1-40 is a massive barrier, but people have 6 been thoughtful to allow some wildlife connectivity underneath. He said they need to think about 7 different types of connectivity. 8 Chair Bedford asked about fences creating barriers to wildlife. 9 Johnny Randall said not all fences are created equal, so you want as much space between 10 pieces of a fence to move through those. He said it also depends on what the fence is for. He 11 asked the basis. 12 Chair Bedford said that along ten acres there is a stream, and she is assuming that a 13 stream is a wildlife corridor. 14 Johnny Randall said that is where the land is now because of buffers. He said that upland 15 connections are important too. He said that is a non-wetland corridor. 16 Chair Bedford asked if it would be valuable to say do not put a fence in a certain area. 17 Johnny Randall said that large mammals like deer would jump over a fence. He said that 18 in fencing up to a road, you need to have protection to funnel wildlife to a genuine corridor that 19 goes under the road that has an upland area where animals that are not aquatic and also allows 20 aquatic. He said it is important to keep mammals off the road, which also presents public safety 21 concerns. 22 Commissioner McKee said that 1-40 was cited as creating a significant barrier and 540 23 has an example along Little Creek in Wake County. He said there is a fence that comes down 24 along the roadway, but it connects through the creek while leaving it open. He said that one side 25 is a walking trail, and the other side is natural. 26 27 5. Public Hearings 28 a. Zoning Atlas Amendment— 6915-UT Millhouse Road, Chapel Hill 29 The Board held a public hearing, received the Planning Board and staff recommendations, and 30 public comment, closed the public hearing, and considered action on an applicant-initiated Zoning 31 Atlas Amendment to rezone +/-10.01 acres (PIN: 9871-50-3254) located at 6915-UT Millhouse 32 Road, Chapel Hill, within the Chapel Hill Township of Orange County. The proposed rezoning is: 33 FROM: RB (Rural Buffer) 34 TO: ASE-CD (Agricultural Support Enterprises - Conditional District) 35 36 BACKGROUND: A Conditional Zoning Atlas Amendment application (Attachment 1) from The 37 Treeist proposes to rezone an approximately 10.01 acres property at 6915-UT Millhouse Road, 38 Chapel Hill, in Chapel Hill Township. The Staff Report in Attachment 2 contains additional 39 information, maps, and analysis, including a summary of the applicant's narrative regarding the 40 proposed use's consistency with County-adopted plans. Approval of a site-specific plan is 41 required, and binding, agreed-upon development conditions are permitted, for a conditional 42 zoning district. 43 44 Basic Review Process: A conditional district rezoning application requires submission of a site 45 plan and associated documents, in accordance with Section 2.9.1(C) of the Orange County 46 Unified Development Ordinance (UDO). Sections 2.8 and 2.9 of the Orange County UDO 47 require the following review: 48 49 FIRST ACTION —Application is sent for courtesy review. 50 STAFF COMMENT: This property is located within the Joint Courtesy Review 51 Area as defined by the Orange County-Chapel Hill-Carrboro Joint Planning Land