ORD-2003-134 Buckhorn EDD - Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Table

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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 Action AgenAp Item No. G SUBJECT: Buckhorn EDD — Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Table DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No ATTACHMENT(S): • Attachment 1 — Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Table • Attachment 2 — Question /Comment and Responses from Public Hearing • Attachment 3 — EDD Permitted Use Table • Attachment 4 —Amended Permitted Use Table for Hillsborough Area EDD • Attachment 5 —1 -85 /Buckhorn Road EDD Map INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 Dianne Reid, ext. 2326 Gene Bell, ext. 2589 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To consider correction of a text error in the EDD Design Manual and to consider adoption of proposed amendments to the Permitted Use Table for the 1 -85/ Buckhorn Road Economic Development District ( Buckhom EDD). BACKGROUND: Correction of Text Error The heading on each page of the Permitted Use Table (see Attachment 2) in the EDD Design Manual contains the following text regarding special use permits: "...or by the Board of Adjustment as a Class A Special Use ( "B')." "Class A" should be amended to read "Class B" since this is the type of permit issued by the Board of Adjustment. Review of Permitted Uses and Approval Processes A proposed amendment to Article 6.29.3 of the Zoning Ordinance in the Buckhorn EDD was presented at the November 25, 2002 quarterly public hearing. The EDD is comprised of 845 acres; all classified as Primary Development Area. The amendment (which was not adopted) was examining approximately 530 acres south of 1 -85. The Permitted Use Table in the Economic Development Districts Design Manual contains an extensive list of "Primary" land uses, which depending on their intensity, are permitted by: • County staff following review and approval;