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A&611�r-",ef?� 3 <br />PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT: <br />Section 6.29.3(a) — Hillsborough Area Economic Development District Design Manual: <br />Section 3.2 Buffering of Neighboring Uses: <br />Section: <br />Existing Regulations — Proposed Changes: <br />3.2 Buffering of <br />1. A buffer of 100 feet in width (except 'as otherwise provided) is required at the <br />Neighboring Uses: <br />boundary of the EDD and 100' along the roadway corridor Old 86 and New 86 <br />except 50' Linear Office <br />Staff proposes to modify this section to read as follows: <br />A buffer, one hundred (100) feet in width, shall be required along the Hillsborough <br />EDD boundary and along the Old and New NC Highway 86 highway corridor. For <br />properties located within the ED-LNR zoning district, a fifty (50) foot wide buffer shall <br />be required along the highway corridor. <br />Staff recommends the revision in an effort to make the section flow better and make <br />specific reference to the appropriate EDD zoning sub - district. <br />It should be noted that staff does not believe that the roadway corridor, of EDD <br />boundary, buffer ought to be amended. <br />While we would like to promote the adaptive reuse of single- family residential <br />structures we still believe it is essential to require a large buffer along the various <br />roadways to promote and preserve the aesthetic quality of the corridor. <br />2. A buffer of 100 -feet is required adjacent to the right -of -way of interstate highways. <br />Staff proposes to modify this section to read as follows: <br />A buffer, one hundred (100) in width, shall be required for all properties that have <br />frontage, or are otherwise adjacent to, the right -of -way of an interstate highway(s). <br />Staff recommends the revision to make the section flow better. <br />3. Screening between adjacent land uses shall be provided in accordance with the <br />attached Schedule of Land Use Buffers. <br />Staff proposes to modify this section by adding the following language: <br />... Schedule of Land Use Buffers. In cases where an applicant proposes to utilize an <br />