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10 <br /> 1 Sent: Wed 9/5/2012 9:18 PM <br /> 2 To: Bernadette Pelissier; Valerie Foushee; Alice Gordon (External); Barry Jacobs; Earl McKee; <br /> 3 Steve Yuhasz; Pam Hemminger (External) <br /> 4 Subject: Maintain our rural neighborhood please! <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Dear Orange County Commissioners, <br /> 7 <br /> 8 As a citizen of Orange County who lives along Old NC-10, I would implore you *NOT* to accept <br /> 9 the current Eno Economic Development District zoning and land use proposals which will be <br /> 10 discussed tomorrow night. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 You have heard from numerous residents who live along Old NC-10, which is a beautiful rural <br /> 13 residential road, protest against the possibility of non-residential entities tainting our <br /> 14 neighborhood. The current Land Use Classification *AND *Zoning is "Rural Residential". Based <br /> 15 on negative public input, the planning board proposes to retain rural residential zoning, but still <br /> 16 desires to change the Land Use Classification from rural residential to EDE-1, which allows a <br /> 17 number of non-residential entities. <br /> 18 This would *negatively *impact our neighborhood in many ways (increased traffic on two-lane <br /> 19 road, dangerous underpasses, depress home values, etc). <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Further, the Zoning and Land use classification would *not be consistent*, which will create <br /> 22 conflicts later. Finally, the Durham plan keeps this entire area as residential in their urban <br /> 23 growth plan. Thus, the Orange County and Durham plans will *not be consistent.* <br /> 24 * <br /> 25 * <br /> 26 We would strongly urge the board not to approve this proposal. The land use classification <br /> 27 should either remain residential or the region around Old <br /> 28 NC-10 should be removed from this economic development district. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 Thank you for reading this. <br /> 31 Most sincerely, <br /> 32 <br /> 33 Marjorie Scheer and Maximino Vargas <br /> 34 3726Jackson Road <br /> 35 Durham, NC 27705 <br /> 36 <br /> 37 <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Planning Director Craig Benedict presented this item. These amendments have been <br /> 40 on the public hearing in February and May. These amendments are related to the area in the <br /> 41 County near the intersection of I-85 and US 70 along the eastern border of Orange County next <br /> 42 to the City of Durham and Durham County. He showed this area on a map. He said that this <br /> 43 section of the County has some potential for growth. He said that 84% of the total County is <br /> 44 intended for low-density and agricultural use. This area is designated for focused growth with <br /> 45 an urban intensity. <br /> 46 The land use amendments include three areas: Area I is Whisper Pines development <br /> 47 as a residential node, Area II is an economic development category (low-intensity business or <br /> 48 residential), and Area III will go from rural-residential to economic development. There is no <br /> 49 rezoning recommended to an EDD II category except for the right-of-way by I-85. They are <br /> 50 suggesting leaving the zoning in place by the Whisper Pines development. There is a change <br />