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.....................,..,,......,........_.~.~....,,,..,.....,,..._,.................,._...~...~......~~~,~.,.~~<.~,~.~..,..~.......~...eu~,..a.~u~u.,av..~..u..a.v~,nu.t~,mxw: s,un..im~.<.m~s...icr.:vea~::uhw.~i~~~a.amm~~isu.~EU:nu.:nna;~ <br />`.tYl4Hatitll KdSi;tOktlit9t\ttilillllti;icli`.1rRRid4Ti3:(Gtkki`:•S.:l'~Y1i:itk:vU:SiCtRliailC3tt`Slh'Ct1:tAL111iPS1 <br />1-85 Buckhorn Road District* ~ <br />The I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District is comprised of 845 acres located on ~~ <br />the northeast and southeast quadrants of the interstate interchange. This acreage is distributed <br />among the three principal land use categories in the schematic plan as follows: <br />Primary Development Area <br />Primarv Open Space Area <br />Secondarv Development Are~ <br />Secondarv Open Space Area <br />A~.... c..,".~ n..,,.. <br />Rights-of-Way <br />6~6 203 Acres <br />55 Acres <br />~ 424 Acres <br />105 Acres <br />~-68 ~1s~eS <br />~S 58 Acres <br />Access to interior of the northern portion of the district is proposed through the extension of a <br />service road being constructed as part of the I-85/1-40 widening. The service road will <br />terminate on the west side of Buckhorn Road, and any collector road extended to serve the <br />district must align with it. <br />All of the lots in the southern quadrant have direct frontage on either West Ten Road or <br />Buckhorn Road. The number of access points onto Buckhorn Road and West Ten Road should <br />be minimized by creating internal access roads where possible. The extent to which iraternal <br />access roads are feasible and the points at which internal roads would intersect with West Ten <br />Road, will depend in part on which lot(s) is (are) first developed, and how lots are combined as <br />development occurs. <br />Transit access is also proposed through a park-and-ride lot or similar facility located in the <br />northern quadrant; with access to both rail and thoroughfare systems. A sidewalk along <br />Buckhorn Road to provide access between the transit station and the southern quadrant will be <br />needed. Design criteria for these systems are presented in Section 3.3, Circulation and <br />Parking. <br />Land uses in and adjacent to the district range from single family residential to a variety of non- <br />residential uses. The Southern Railroad crosses the district as does a Duke Power <br />transmission line and a Public Service Company gas pipeline. The area is also served by the <br />Orange-Alamance Water Corporation, and sewer service would be available through extension <br />of the Efland sewer system owned by Orange County. <br />, <br />'-~' PYIIYIa~T-p°c~~~l~~mor.} Aro ~ . <br />~.rrc ~~rca- <br />The district is characterized by gently rolling topography with few building constraints. However, <br />soils unsuited for development are found along intermittent streams which flow south beneath 1- <br />40/1-85 to join Seven-mile Creek, a tributary of the Eno River. Because of its location on the <br />western edge ~of the Upper Eno Watershed, land uses in the district are subject to watershed <br />protection standards governing impervious surface and the control of stormwater. <br />The total amount of impervious surface covered by buildings and parking lots is limited to 70% <br />of a building site. As shown on the schematic plan, stormwater control for multiple sites may be <br />provided through construction of several detention basins, located along individual streams <br />draining the district, particularly an the north side of the interstate (as shown on the schematic <br />plan). Alternatively, a larger, single detention basin could be constructed on the south side of 1- <br />85 at or below the confluence of the streams. Detention basins may also be constructed on <br />individual sites. Impervious surFace limits and standards for detention basin construction and <br />maintenance are discussed further in Section 2.3 - Land Intensity and Appendix C- Wet <br />Detention Basin Standards, respectively. ~ <br />*Amended 8/20/96 <br />Economic Development District Design Manual Paae 2_1_3a <br />