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71 a new conditional zoning district -Rural Economic Development Area (REDA) -that would be applicable to the geographic area in the "Highway 57 Speedway Area" Small Area Plan. • UDO Text Amendment to add a new Section 6.20 that will require any new construction within a designated County sewer service area to use the public sewer system as its means of wastewater treatment and would require the sewer system as the only repair option for existing septic tanks that fail in the sewer service area. • Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and Zoning Atlas Amendments to increase the size of the Eno Economic Development District to match the urban growth boundary of the City of Durham. Subsequent 2012 Quarterly Public Hearings (May Aug and Nov ) Items Related to Economic Development and Small Area Plan Implementation: • UDO Text Amendment increasing the allowable height of telecommunication towers from 150-feet to the tallest height that does not require lighting under FAA requirements. • UDO Text Amendment for design guidelines pertaining to the Efland "core area" (can now proceed since BOCC gave direction of the "sidewalk issue" at the October 6, 2011 work session). • Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and Text Amendment to add a Mixed Use land use category and to change the Efland Village from Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) to Mixed Use. • UDO Text Amendment -Revisions to the Table of Permitted Uses for Economic Development zoning districts (Staff is currently evaluating scope). • UDO Text Amendment -new or revised general use zoning districts to promote economic activity in Commercial Transition Activity Nodes and CITAN (Staff is currently evaluating scope). • UDO Text Amendment to include any necessary revisions resulting from a review of development approval processes (Staff plans to conduct a review beginning in early 2012). • UDO Text Amendment to add an Agricultural Support Enterprises zoning district (Staff of 4 departments are currently reviewing past work on this topic to determine necessary steps). What are the concerns or emerging issues your board has identified for the upcoming year that it plans to address, or wishes to bring to the Commissioners' attention? Continuing the commitment to focus on economic development in areas of the county designated for growth and continued small area plan implementation.