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0'71 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: ZONING ORDINANCE <br /> Economic Development Districts Design Manual <br /> REFERENCE: Article 2.1 -Development Areas <br /> Article 3.3 - Circulation and Parking <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: Staff Planning Board <br /> X BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:_X High Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 27. 1997 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To eliminate references to an extension of NC 751 between U.S. 70 and I-85 in the Economic <br /> Development Districts Design Manual. <br /> IMPACTS AND ISSUES: <br /> On March 18, 1997, the Board of Commissioners adopted a Resolution requesting deletion of the NC <br /> 751 connector between US 70 and I-85 from the Durham-Chapel Hill-Carrboro (DCHC) Urban Area <br /> Thoroughfare Plan. The connector is referenced in maps and text pertaining to the I-85/U.S. Hwy. 70 <br /> Economic Development District (EDD). The proposed amendment eliminates all references to the NC <br /> 751 connector in the EDD Design Manual. <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT: <br /> Article 2.1 - Development Areas <br /> I-85/U.S.Highway 70 District <br /> The I-85/U.S. Highway 70 Economic Development District extends almost two miles <br /> along either side of I-85 and is located in the Lower Eno River Watershed........ <br /> Access to all sites is generally available from U.S. Highway 70, but steep slopes <br /> adjacent to some portions of the roadway may make access more difficult. However, <br /> with the realignment of Mount Herman Church Road as part of the I-85 widening <br /> project &ad the pfepesed exuasien ef Ene Dfive &9m Dwhm Ceuaty, accessibility <br />