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DRAFT MINUTES - NOT APPROVED YET 1 Eno EDD Area Small Area Plan 2 •Total planning area: 942 acres 3 •Mixed Use area: 297 acres (excluding rights-of-way) 4 Recommended residential land area: 5 25% of mixed use area = 74.25 acres 6 Whispering Pines SF res.= 54 acres 7 Area for additional residential = 20.25 acres plus 8 New residential units constructed above non-residential uses shall not count toward 25% 9 acreage limit 10 11 Eno Mixed Use 12 Proposed Definition: 13 Land located in areas served or to be served by public water and sewer where a mix of 14 residential, commercial, office, services, and light industrial uses are appropriate on a district- 15 wide basis. Individual parcels may contain a single use or more than one use. New residential 16 uses within the Mixed Use area shall have a minimum density of six (6) units per acre. 17 Examples of housing at this density include attached homes, patio homes, and apartments. In 18 order to encourage non-residential uses, no more than 25% of the acreage within the district 19 shall be comprised of residential uses on single-use parcels. However, residential units 20 constructed above non-residential uses shall not count toward the residential acreage limit. 21 22 Proposed Schedule: 23 December 3, 2008 Planning Board meeting for recommendation to BOCC 24 •January 22, 2009 BOCC meeting for decision regarding amendment to proposed land use 25 category 26 27 Commissioner Foushee said that the same concerns that the Planning Board and Board 28 of County Commissioners have about the additional residential acreage are the same concerns 29 that the task force had. The task force accepted the recommendations of the staff. 30 Commissioner Gordon asked clarifying questions about the Durham's Urban Growth 31 Boundary and Perdita Holtz said that Durham has consulted with Orange County on this. 32 33 NO PUBLIC COMMENT 34 35 Larry Wright asked if the Durham representative was at the task force meeting and 36 Perdita Holtz said that he could not attend, but had no comments or reservations about the 37 recommendations. 38 Chair Jacobs thanked the task force and staff because he had raised reservations about 39 the lack of allowance for residential to make this true mixed use, and this is a rational and 40 adequate amount of opportunity to have true mixed use in this area. 41 A motion was made by Commissioner Foushee, seconded by Commissioner Nelson to 42 receive the proposed amendment to the Eno EDD Area Small Plan; refer the matter to the 43 Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the Board of Commissioners no later 44 than January 8, 2009; and adjourn the public hearing until January 22, 2009 in order to receive 45 and accept the Planning Board's recommendation. 46 VOTE: UNANIMOUS