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western boundary area and the Town of Mebane <br /> Water/Sewer boundary comprising the eastern boundary <br /> line. <br /> Existing Land Uses: <br /> Land uses within, and adjacent, to the Southern Zone <br /> range from single-family residential to a variety of non- <br /> residential and institutional uses including the Gravely <br /> Hill Middle School and the proposed West Ten Soccer <br /> complex. There are numerous . undeveloped, and <br /> underdeveloped, properties within the Southern Zone <br /> where additional development can occur. <br /> Utilities: <br /> In 2004, the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> approved a utility service agreement with the Town of <br /> Mebane allowing for water and sewer services to cover <br /> an 836 acre portion of the Buckhorn Economic <br /> Development district, including properties within the <br /> Southern Zone, as well a 222 acre portion of a <br /> Commercial Industrial Node west of Buckhorn Road. <br /> Access Management and Mass Transit: <br /> All of the lots in the Southern Zone have direct frontage on <br /> either West Ten Road or Buckhorn Road. The number of . <br /> access points onto Buckhorn Road and West Ten Road <br /> should be minimized by creating internal access roads <br /> where possible, which should be accomplished by an <br /> access management system of project master plan. The <br /> extent to which internal access roads are feasible and the <br /> points at which internal roads would intersect with West Ten <br /> Road, will depend in part on which lot(s) is (are) first <br /> developed, and how lots are combined as development <br /> occurs. <br /> There are three (3) sub Economic Development zones <br /> within the 1-85 Buckhorn ED district that allow for <br /> differing levels and intensities of non-residential <br /> development. These areas are as follows: <br /> 1. Southern Zone (Area 1A) Primary <br /> Retail/Office/Service (P-ROS): <br /> As a result of the existing development trends <br /> within the zone, non-residential development is <br /> 3 <br />