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• 15 <br /> PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> ORDINANCE: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br /> ZONING ATLAS <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT DESIGN MANUAL <br /> REFERENCE: Buckhorn Road Economic Development District Expansion <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X Staff Planning Board <br /> BOCC Public <br /> Other: <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION: X_High Middle Low <br /> Comment: <br /> PUBLIC HEARING DATE: May 28, 1996 <br /> PURPOSE: <br /> To consider expanding the boundaries of the Buckhorn Road Economic Development District to <br /> include area at the southeast quadrant of I-85 and Buckhorn Road. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The Board of Commissioners adopted as one of its goals for the 1995-96 fiscal year the possible <br /> expansion of the Buckhom Road EDD to include area on the south side of I-85. The total study <br /> area considered for inclusion in the EDD is bounded by Buckhorn Road to the west, West Ten <br /> Road to the south, I-85 to the north and the boundary of the Upper Eno Critical Area to the east. <br /> The study area is now designated in the Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive <br /> Plan as a Commercial/Industrial Activity Node, which allows property owners to request rezoning <br /> to certain commercial and industrial zoning districts. Property which will be included in an <br /> Economic Development District will not need to be rezoned if it is developed in accordance with <br /> the Economic Development District Design Manual. <br /> A proposal for the area on the west side of Buckhorn Road south of I-85 will be developed, after <br /> obtaining input from Mebane concerning cooperative planning efforts, and is tentatively <br /> scheduled for the August, 1996 public hearing <br /> Input from Community Meeting <br /> A community meeting to discuss the possible expansion of the Buckhorn Road EDD was held at <br /> the Efland-Cheeks Community Center on March 12. Notices of the meeting were sent to about <br /> 200 property owners. Eighteen property owners attended the meeting. A summary of their <br /> comments is attached. Most of the comments focused on the following issues, related to <br /> effects on the existing residential character and the extension of water and sewer service. <br /> • Some of the group supported expansion of the EDD and the rezoning of their property. <br />