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to Economic Development (north of US 70) and Eno Mixed Use (south of 70). She made <br /> reference to the map and said that the darker purple would remain as an Economic <br /> Development designation and the lighter purple would become Eno Mixed Use. The Economic <br /> Development area would have more intense land uses such as manufacturing, industrial, and <br /> warehousing uses. The Eno Mixed Use area would include retail/office/service and some <br /> residential. It is recommended to revise the Zoning Ordinance text to be consistent with the <br /> construct outlined in Appendix A (pp. 59-60). Smaller scale projects would be permitted through <br /> a staff administrative review and larger scale projects would require a special use permit. The <br /> current designations of Economic Development District Primary and Secondary would no longer <br /> be used, and properties would remain zoned as they are currently. Those properties zoned <br /> Economic Development (new designation) would look to the land use classifications to <br /> determine the permitted uses and approval procedures. <br /> There would likely be some sort of annexation agreement reached with Durham. <br /> Coordination with the City of Durham would be necessary for the zoning text changes. <br /> Transportation: <br /> There is a recommendation to approve an access management plan for the area. The <br /> concept is on page 54. Any future implementation measures and approvals need to recognize <br /> the anticipated redesign of the 1-85 and US 70 interchange, which is in the State TIP but is not <br /> funded yet. <br /> Housing: <br /> The plan is to make sure that future zoning text changes do not make existing <br /> conforming residential uses in the EDD area non-conforming. In the mixed use, there would be <br /> greater density as the distance from existing single-family houses or uses increase. The intent <br /> of the mixed use area is for some residential, but mostly non-residential. The recommendation <br /> in the plan is that future implementation measures should limit the amount of residential in that <br /> mixed use area. <br /> Perdita Holtz said that last Tuesday there was an open house style public information <br /> meeting and 13 people attended. The recommendation is for the plan to go to the regular <br /> Planning Board meeting on June 4th for review and comment to be brought back to the regular <br /> Board of County Commissioners' meeting on June 24th for adoption consideration. She read <br /> the Manager's recommendation. <br /> Chair Jacobs asked if Durham's Urban Growth area conformed to the reserve area. <br /> Perdita Holtz said that the reserve area is much larger than Durham's Urban Growth Boundary <br /> within Orange County, except that the Urban Growth Boundary extends a little bit further west <br /> than where the Eno EDD line and small area plan line was drawn. The map is on page 45. <br /> Renee Price asked how much the County was going to continue offering to other <br /> counties. She said that it seems that this is giving away potential tax base. <br /> Chair Jacobs said that the simple answer is that it is still in Orange County, so the taxes <br /> are still captured. <br /> Michelle Kempinski asked about Durham's Urban Growth Boundary and the intention of <br /> Durham to extend into Orange County. She asked if there was any interlocal agreement <br /> between Orange County and Durham. Perdita Holtz said that there is not an agreement for that <br /> issue yet, but there is a Courtesy Review Agreement for projects within this area. One of the <br /> recommendations of the plan is to establish an interlocal agreement. <br />