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2 <br />and action from this item), there is a requirement under Section 6.29. 3a (2) (d) (7) that <br />there be interconnectivity between parking areas if determined necessary by staff. <br />2. Concern over the location of proposed parking facilities and a desire for additional <br />language within the Ordinance mandating parking be located to the rear of structures was <br />expressed. <br />Staff Comment: Once again, staff understands and shares this concern. Unfortunately, <br />there is no ability under this proposal to address this issue. <br />In reviewing this matter, staff has determined that we might be able propose language <br />within the Hillsborough EDD manual that encourages parking location to the rear of <br />buildings within the Economic Development Linear Officer district. This language would <br />be similar to existing standards contained within the master manual document. <br />3. More explanation was requested on how the buffer amendments would be affected, or be <br />complemented, by a staff generated rezoning for the various properties also presented at <br />the November 2008 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />Staff Comment: As staff testified during the hearing, this item and the rezoning will have <br />an impact on each other. <br />The proposed buffer amendments are designed to facilitate the preservation of existing <br />single-family residential structures in an effort to protect the visual character of the Old <br />NC Highway 86 corridor. <br />The rezoning request (a separate item), if approved, would essentially have the following <br />impact on these properties: <br />a. Limit the permitted uses to professional office (i.e. attorney, architect, doctor, <br />finance/insurance, etc, <br />b. Reduce the required minimum lot area from two (2) acres to twenty thousand <br />(20,000) square feet. This would mean that majority of the lots would be <br />considered conforming to the minimum lot area requirements of the Ordinance, <br />c. Reduce the required minimum lot width from two hundred (200) feet to one <br />hundred (100) feet, <br />d. Reduce the allowable height of proposed structures from sixty (60) feet to thirty <br />(30) feet, <br />e. Establish guidelines on the hours of operation for non-residential developments <br />that are currently not applicable under the current zoning designation, <br />f. Limit the total gross square footage of structures on the properties to five thousand <br />(5,000) square feet, <br />g. Eliminate a requirement, for properties zoned Economic Development Limited <br />Office, for any non-residential land use proposed for development within two <br />hundred (200) feet of a residential subdivision to obtain a Class A Special Use <br />Permit. <br />It is staffs opinion in cases where actions are preserving, and encouraging, the <br />adaptive reuse of existing single-family residential structures for professional office <br />use, the need for a Special Use Permit is not warranted. The scale of the <br />proposed development would be limited given the preservation of the existing <br />structure's architecture and size. <br />