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6 THE JOHN R McADAMS COMPANY, INC. THE PRESERVE STATEMENT OF JUSTYFYCATION Oraage County, North Carolina June 22, 2000 The John R. McAdams Company, Inc., is pleased to present, on behalf of Natelli Communities and 1St American Land, rezoning and Special Use Permit applications for development of a mixed-use community in Hillsborough Township. Located just earth of Hillsborough, the 489-acre site lies between NC 86 and NC 57. Western Bypass (currently under construction) and Phelps Raad provide direct access to the site. Proposed Development The proposed mixed-use community will consist of a variety of housing types (both single-family and multi-family); neighborhood recreational facilities; areas for commercial development (a small town center and daycare facility); areas for County facilities; expansion area for Mars Hi11 Baptist Church; and 200 acres set aside as permanently dedicated open space, greenways, and buffers. The community will be ideally located between two state highways; and the design of the internal road structure is well integrated into the existing road network in order to facilitate traffic movement and to minimize the potential impact to the existing transportation system. Western Bypass cuts through the site, and when complete will provide a direct route to US 70 and the Interstate. Hillsborough water and sewer will serve the site. The proposed Master Plan includes landscape buffers azound the site as well as on the perimeter of individual development pazcels. Accordingly, a wide range of housing types and levels of affordability can be accommodated within the development, as well as the commercial uses, County services and recreational facilities needed to support and enhance the community. In addition, the development will dedicate 200 acres of public open space and deed over several acres of land to Mars Hill Baptist Church. No County inventoriEd natural or cultural resources are located on the site. Significant woodland areas will be preserved as dedicated open space. Rezoning and Special Use Permit The proposed rezozung is consistent with the Orange County Land Use Plan, which identifies the site as Agricultural Residential. A rezoning from Agricultural Residential (AR) to Planned Development -Mixed-Use (PD-MU) is requested in order to provide the open space, reduce lot sizes, vary housing types, and allow for flexible design standards, including the provision of a town center and a County services facility. However, the proposed dwelling unit density is the same as the maximum density permitted m the AR district under the flexible development standards.