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E:1l Motion made by Tony Blake to ask staff to consider transit oriented development and walkability or pedestrian and bicycle paths. Seconded by Alan Campbell. Vote: Unanimous Craig Benedict: Regarding transit, now that the 1/2 cent sales tax has been passed we are working on an east/west route Mebane /Efland /Hillsborough /Durham and we are going to find out where in Efland would be a good place to have an express bus place. Alan Campbell: Do we need a motion that we approve it? Perdita Holtz: It can come back in January or you can instruct us to come up with language and I can email it to everyone. Larry Wright: On page 38, item 5, does that imply that they are permissible on residential uses? Perdita Holtz: The wording was taken from ECOD to be consistent throughout the UDO. Larry Wright: Hillsborough has been around since there was a well in the middle of Churton Street and turned into a very commercial street and they had to make it so the large trucks could not pass through. Highway 70 is of the same nature. We are having a municipality that is not a municipality coming in so what will happen when you have commercial districts around 70 and where would be alternative route for these heavy vehicles which leads you to consider more the pressure of sidewalks. Buddy Hartley: The heavy truck traffic should not be there unless they have a delivery. Larry Wright: We have two issues before us; the Efland Village Overlay District and the Efland Interstate Overlay District with staff proposals to address items four and five. Perdita Holtz: It would be good for direction on how you want to recommend to the BOCC. There needs to be a formal motion for four and a motion on the amendments on Attachment 2. Motion from Lisa Stuckey to retain the "ticks" as recommended by the staff. Seconded by Alan Campbell. Vote: Unanimous Motion from Alan Campbell to approve this as presented by staff with the further changes to be developed and circulated through email for item five. Seconded by Tony Blake. Vote: Unanimous Pete Hallenbeck submitted the following comments for the record: Item 7: Quarterly Public Hearing comments: Chain /franchise business building standards South of the railroad tracks "chain restaurants" are permitted. The Small Area Plan and the Implementation groups in general realized the value of being able to identify a business from it's signature style of building. They also wanted to take advantage of the proximity to the interstate and have these businesses in order to generate more jobs and tax revenue. There was a desire to have an opportunity for citizen input during the permitting process where minor changes in the building presentation could be proposed. No one had problems with drive throughs. While it is true that this introduces a small subjective component into the permitting process, it was deemed that this was the lessor of two evils where the other option was to blanket permit any and all chain restaurants no matter what the style.