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1Q5 zo [,ajor transportation corridors, whether interstates or heavily traveled secondary rands, serve as both movers of traffic and as entranceways to the County from outside areas. These corridors and the aevelonnent which occurs along them establish for visitors and residents alike an indicator of the Cuality of life in the County, as well as the efficiency and safety of traffic movement through the area. Tn addition, the ability of c.ifferent areas cf the County to attract and accomodate different types of development often depends on the capacity of the thoroughfare systerl and the character and cuality of development along the major corridors. It is the intent of Orange County to protect the attractiveness and orderly develo~~ment of land and enhance those natural and environmental features ~vliich constitute important ph,Tsical, aesthetic, recreational anc] economic assets along major transportation corridors through the provision of a set of development standards and regulations far application to public and private development of lane adjacent to the corridors. The PSajar Transportation Corridor District is, therefore, proposed as a district which overlays other zoning districts established in the Zoning Ordinance. The new use of any land or any revs structure within the IiTC district shall comply with the use regulations applicable to the underlying zoning district as well as the recuirements of the I2TC district. Tne district does not address the use of land. Use is provided for by the underlying zoning district and guided by the Land Use Plan and its applicable plan category. The biiC district: a. shall be applied to lands adjacent to I--~0 and T-a5; -- b. may be applied by additional action of the F3oard to any major thoroughfare designated as an arterial in the Land Use Plan including, bu:. not - limited to US 70, T?C 54, idC 86, t~C S7 and Old 86. r.. the district shall be applied along a continuous distance along the thoroughfare of lands within the County's jurisdiction and outside the extraterritorial planning jurisdictions of the Towns of 1•ebane, fIillsborough, Durham, Chapel Hill and Carrboro. d. the cistrict shall extend up to 1,250 zest from the right-of-way on each side of the roadway, except at interstate interchanges cohere the nistrict shall extend x,250 feet from the right-of-way on each side of the intersecting roads rights-of-ways and extend 2,500 feet along the intersecting roads from the nearest right-of-way of the interstate. e. the district specifically establishes development standards and a site plan review process for development within the district. f. the provisions of this district shall not apply to any building or structure eisting prier to the application of the district unless structurally altered to the e::tent of increasing the floor area. by fifty percent or more or enlarged to occupy a vacant lat. ..._ The provisions of this district shall not apply to any single or two family dwelling existing or to be erected. ivo construction activity shall begin nor shall any e:ccavation, soil removal, filling, grading or disturbance of vegetation, including trees, be commenced nor any sign erected until such time as a permit has been approved .by the Zoning Officer. I•;here an individual property has been rendered unusable due to establishment of t'r_e yard setback, there may be grounds for a variance. Variances shall be considered and granted by the Eoard of F~djustment. 1?owever, the hoard of Adjustment shall ensure that the applicant compensa4e in ecuivalent landscaping improver:ent for ary encroachment into the yard ar buffer area.