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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 29, 2012 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C -5 <br />SUBJECT: Eno Economic Development District (EDD) Area Land Use and Zoning <br />Amendments <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />See List of Attachments on Page 6 <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, Director, 245 -2592 <br />PURPOSE: This public hearing was continued from February 27, 2012. <br />To hold a public hearing on a County initiated land use and zoning amendments. <br />1. Change Land Use 55.9 acres from Commercial Node to 10 -Year Transition <br />2. Change Land Use 130.8 acres from Commercial Node to Economic Development <br />3. Change Land Use 181.3 acres from Rural Residential to Economic Development <br />(Plus 125.5± acres of right -of -way in the interstate and rail corridor) <br />(Zoning amendments areas have been reduced from the previous 2/27/12 proposal) <br />A. Change Zoning 159.25 acres from R -1 (Rural Residential) to EDE -1 (Economic <br />Development Eno Lower Intensity) <br />B. Change Zoning 86.57± acres (including right -of -way) from R -1 (Rural Residential) to <br />EDE -2 (Economic Development Eno Higher Intensity) <br />There are overlaps of the land use and zoning amendments, so these amendments do not <br />exactly encompass the same lands. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />A second public outreach meeting was held on April 25, 2012. Additional public <br />comment along with the original public hearing comments have prompted an amended <br />planning staff recommendation to withdraw several properties (over 95 acres) south of <br />the railroad tracks and another area west of Stoney Creek from the zoning amendments. <br />The changes are shown on new maps on Attachment 2. <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />