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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS DESIGN MANUAL <br /> PART TWO: PERFORMANCE STANDARDS <br /> SECTION 2.1 DEVELOPMENT AREAS <br /> (ZONING ORDINANCE SECTION 6.29.3) <br /> Proposed Amendment <br /> Section 6.29 Economic Development District Design Manual; <br /> Part Two (2) Performance Standards; Section 2.1 <br /> Development Areas; 1-85 Buckhorn Road District page <br /> 2.1.3a: <br /> 1-85 Buckhorn Road District* <br /> The 1-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District is <br /> comprised of 940 acres located on the northeast and <br /> southeast quadrants of the interstate .interchange. This <br /> acreage is distributed among the three principal land use <br /> categories in the schematic plan as follows: <br /> Primary Development Area 940 Gross Acres <br /> Individual Area Acreages: <br /> Area 1A 446 +1-Acres <br /> Area 1 C 155 +)- Acres <br /> Area 2A 340 +/-Acres <br /> *Note: These acreage calculations include open space, resource <br /> protection areas, and rights-of-way <br /> The district is characterized by gently rolling topography with <br /> few building constraints. However, soils unsuited for <br /> development are found along intermittent streams, which <br /> flow south beneath 1-4011-85 to join Seven-mile Creek, a <br /> tributary of the Eno River. Because of its location on the <br /> western edge of the Upper Eno Watershed, land uses in the <br /> district are subject to watershed protection standards <br /> governing impervious surface and the control of stormwater. <br /> NORTHERN ZONE: <br /> General Description/Boundaries: <br /> This Zone is bordered by 1-85 to the south and the <br /> Southern Railroad spur to the north with Buckhorn Road <br /> serving as the western boundary area and the Town of <br /> 1 <br />