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..................._.......I......._..... ................ ............................................ ............... approximately 232 acres land in the Buckhorn-Mebane area. The parcels are located in a Commercial-industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN) and the rezoning is being proposed to prepare the area for eventual non-residential development. 2. Analysis _...__._................................................................._................................. ...................................... ............................................................................................. As required under Section 2.8.5 of the Orange County Unified Development Ordinance, the Planning Director is required to: 'cause an analysis to be made of the application and, based upon that analysis, prepare a recommendation for consideration by the Planning Board and the Board of County Commissioners'. In analyzing this proposal, the following information is offered: 1. Staff has been directed by the Board of County Commissioners to pursue small area plan implementation with a focus on economic development priorities. This proposed rezoning conforms to the intent of the adopted Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan which recommends this area for non-residential and mixed use development. 2. The proposed rezoning further carries out Orange County actions over the past two years which included amendments to the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement to designate this area as "Primary Service Area" and which changed the land use classification of a portion of this area to Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node (CITAN). (Note: a portion of this area has been designated CITAN on the Future land Use Map for many years). 3. The request for the amendment has been deemed complete in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.8 of the Unified Development Ordinance. 4. This area of the county is located within Orange County's "Primary Service Area as designated in the Water and Sewer Management, Planning, and Boundary Agreement (WASMPBA). The County is currently working with the City of Mebane on a revised interlocal agreement to provide water and sewer services to this area. In addition, sewer infrastructure planning for this area is well underway. 5. 'Pre-zoning' an area designates a specific general use zoning district to a parcel. Uses must be consistent with those allowed for the zoning district in the Table of Permitted Uses (Section 5.2 of the LIDO). By pre-zoning an area, property owners can proceed with development without a lengthy rezoning process but must still be in compliance with the standards required for the specific zoning district, any additional specific Use Standards (Article 5 of the UDO), the general development regulations required in Article 6 of the UDO, and the requirements for the specific Watershed Protection Overlay Zone (Section 4.2 of the UDO) in which the parcel is located. Divergence from the adopted development regulations cannot be approved or required unless an applicant wishes to submit to a conditional district rezoning process. 6. The area proposed for rezoning is adjacent to the Interstate 85/40 corridor. Access to the Interstate is currently via an interchange at.Buckhom Road; however, the construction of an interchange at Mattress Factory Road is part of an ongoing study by the Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization (BGMPO). This study is the first step on potentially adding an interchange to state transportation improvement plans. Additionally, a future interchange............ . ..... _qe at 2