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043 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 27, 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item#C" 2 a (1) <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Economic Development Districts Design Manual <br /> Article 3.2 - Landscape Design <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING X Yes No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes–X—No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendment Mary Willis <br /> Extension 2583 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill-967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on an amendment to eliminate the 100-foot <br /> buffer requirement along the perimeter of an Economic Development <br /> District(EDD)which abuts an EDD adopted by another planning <br /> jurisdiction. <br /> BACKGROUND: Article 3.2 Landscape Design(page 3.2.6)of the EDD Design Manual <br /> requires a 100-foot buffer around the perimeter of an EDD in order to <br /> separate incompatible uses. <br /> The northernmost portion of the Orange County I-40/Old NC 86 EDD on <br /> the west side of Old NC 86 between Cates Creek and Oakdale Drive <br /> consists of a narrow strip of properties,ranging from 300 feet to 500 feet in <br /> depth. <br /> The area bounded by the east side of Old NC 86,Cates Creek and I-85 is in <br /> the jurisdiction of the Town of Hillsborough and is also zoned Economic <br /> Development District. Since Old NC 86 forms a perimeter boundary for <br /> both the Orange County and the Hillsborough EDDs between Cates Creek <br />