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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING BOARD <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 21, 2007 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. C.6 <br /> SUBJECT: Text Amendment to Orange County Zoning Ordinance Section 6.29 <br /> relating to 1-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspection PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) <br /> Department <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1) Zoning Ordinance Amendment Section Craig Benedict, Planning Director 245-2592 <br /> 6.29; including Design Manual Excerpt, Dianne Reid, Economic Development Director <br /> Permitted Use Table and Land Use Intensity 245-2325 <br /> 2) 1-85/Buckhorn Road EDD Schematic Map <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to add performance <br /> criteria for retail establishments and other uses, including an amended review and approval <br /> process. In addition a new threshold categorization classification of low-intensity <br /> non-residential use is proposed. <br /> BACKGROUND: Economic Development District (EDD) land use designations were created <br /> in 1994. Subsequently, Orange County amended it Zoning Ordinance Article 6.29 to include <br /> `The Orange County Economic Development Districts Design Manual'. This document <br /> set forth the description and intent of 3 economic development zones; <br /> ■ 1-85 Buckhorn Road, <br /> ■ 1-40/Old NC 86 (now known as the Hillsborough Area EDD) and the <br /> ■ I-85/US Hwy 70 (now known as Eno Township EDD) <br /> The focus of this proposed amendment relates only to 1-85 Buckhorn Road EDD, which <br /> encompasses approximately 940 acres. This area is located in the north and south side of <br /> 1-85/1-40 and east of Buckhorn Road. Its northern extent is either US Hwy 70 or the railway <br /> and its southern extent is West Ten Road. The area includes the new Gravelly Hill Middle <br /> School. <br /> Portions of this area has received or is in the process of receiving water and sewer <br /> infrastructure and therefore additional planning is underway to ensure compatible uses.and a <br /> pattern of development that will support existing uses as well as future uses. Another <br /> planning effort regarding this general area is the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan <br /> Implementation Focus Group. This amendment supports task force recommendations. <br /> Presently, the entire 1-85/Buckhorn Road EDD is listed as a 'Primary Development Area' with <br /> a companion permitted use table that attempts to regulate the wide range of uses from retail <br /> to industrial. <br />