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12 <br /> September 18 , 1995 Planning Board Minutes (draft) <br /> (3) Article 6.29.3 EDD Design Manual <br /> (Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment) <br /> Presentation by Mary Willis. <br /> This item is to consider a proposed amendment to <br /> eliminate the requirement for a 100-foot buffer <br /> along the perimeter of an Economic Development <br /> District (EDD) which abuts an EDD adopted by <br /> another planning jurisdiction. <br /> On January 17, 1995, the Board of Commissioners <br /> approved a 720-acre EDD in the vicinity of the <br /> 1-40/Old NC 86 interchange. <br /> One issue which was raised during the initial <br /> public hearing process concerned whether or not a <br /> strip of properties along the west side of Old NC <br /> 86 north of Cates Creek should be included in the <br /> EDD. That issue was resolved on June 26, 1995, <br /> when the Board of Commissioners included the <br /> strip in the EDD and designated it as Primary <br /> Development Overlay Area. <br /> The area added to the EDD on June 26 ranges from <br /> 300 to 500 feet in depth, and the perimeter <br /> buffer of 100 feet poses development constraints. <br /> The east side of Old NC 86 is in the planning <br /> jurisdiction of the Town of Hillsborough and has <br /> also been designated as an Economic Development <br /> District. Since identical regulations are <br /> administered by the Town of Hillsborough, the <br /> buffer along NC 86 is not needed to minimize <br /> impact on adjacent land uses. <br /> The proposed amendment would eliminate the <br /> perimeter buffer in any portion of an EDD <br /> District where the district abuts the EDD of <br /> another jurisdiction. The amendment would apply <br /> in all Economic Development Districts and would <br /> address the specific situation encountered on Old <br /> NC 86 in the I-40/Old NC 86 EDD. <br /> One resident of Cornwallis Hills and two property <br /> owners within the affected portion of the I-40/NC <br /> 86 EDD spoke at the public hearing. The EDD <br /> property owners supported the proposed amendment. <br /> The Cornwallis Hills homeowner requested <br /> clarification on which portion of the EDD <br /> perimeter that would be affected by the proposed <br /> amendment. <br />