ORD-2008-012 - Orange Co Zoning Ordinance -Buckhorn Rd Associates LLC Rezoning

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85. Yes, there are 84,000+ people on the highway going south and north, but they're not all getting off the exit at the same time. There are already traffic issues. I can't get out of my driveway if I wait after 11:00 on Saturday and Sunday. I have to wait 20-30 minutes to exit out of my driveway as it is. If this development comes in, it might be longer than that. During busy shopping season, Thanksgiving and Christmas, I'd have to stay in my house all day long. The truck stop is already enough traffic. The flea market is too much traffic. There is a taco stand across the street from my house that causes chaos early in the morning. There's loud music early in the morning until late afternoon. I do not have peace and quiet now. If this development comes in, it will be worse than what it already is now. Like I said, to touch on the weighing station; the weighing station is right there going northbound if you get on the interstate. Saturdays and Sundays there's already problems that the trucks have to merge to get in the weighing station. No one touched on how that's going to back up Buckhorn and 70 from both ends from people trying to get on northbound 85. Tom Darnell: I'm an Orange County landowner. I have two questions and one comment. The gentleman mentioned a national, unnamed tenant. What if they lose the tenant? Do they lose the budget? Would all of this work be in vain? The second thing, there was an amendment, I got this on the Internet, they added a couple of acres, which an acre and a half of it adjoins my property and it's on the east side of Buckhorn. What are they going to do if it wasn't addressed? The acre and a half that was not even mentioned, but it's going to be zoned the same as the west side, and it absolutely adjoins my property. That affects me, and I don't mind it, I just would like to know what their intentions are with that property. The third thing that wasn't addressed when the firemen were here -they're asking for six-story buildings. A five-story building is as far as a ground ladder will go. They'll need a ladder truck and you're going to have to come up with about $1 million for a ladder truck. Some company, either Mebane or Efland is going to have to maintain that ladder truck. I don't know if anyone has thought about that. If they donate a place for a fire station, well that's the place it needs to be. The last comment is that I've owned the land for ten years or so, but since 1981 or so, you or your predecessors have worked diligently to put approximately 600 or 900 acres in an EDD and told everybody that it's going to be economic development. If not these guys, next week there will be somebody else. This is not going to stop. Basically, I'm for it, because the next one will be right down the street. If they leave and don't get the approval, six months from now we'll be back in here for another go. So, you can control with all your rules and regulations and come up with something good, but they are coming because you've already told them, "Here's our EDD." Chair Jacobs: Can someone answer the question about the property adjoining Mr. Darnell's. Jim Parker: I believe the property he is referring to is a piece of property that resides on the west side and the east side of Buckhorn Road and is not two separate parcels; it is one parcel that is connected. The portion of that parcel on the west side, which is shaped somewhat like an "L", we anticipate that that will be used for access in some form or fashion to Rabbit Drive and/or the Petro. Chair Jacobs: I don't know if you can or want to answer the question about what happens if you don't get the anchor tenant. Jim Parker: We keep trying. That's my answer. End of public comment.