An increased offer of financial contributions to Chapel Hill’s affordable housing efforts helped save a new apartment community along South Elliott Road from falling short in a town council vote Wednesday night. Town council members ultimately approved the conditional zoning application for 200 South Elliott Road with a 7-2 vote, with Camille Berry and Adam Searing dissenting, which will bring an apartment community of up to 350 units, at least 4,000 square feet of commercial space, a mixed-use path and a stormwater retention area to the site. The property — which is partially zoned in the Blue Hill District’s office/institutional space and partially zoned in the residential space off Couch Road — is now officially zoned for mixed-use development and will lead to the demolition of the building currently housing the nonprofit Extraordinary Ventures in favor of five-to-six story mixed-use buildings surrounding a parking deck. Wednesday’s vote was an unceremonious affair, with few counc...