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5 <br /> 51b, 51c, 52a, 52b, 53 and 54 of Tax Map 28, and lots 1, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 9, 9a, and 9b of <br /> Tax Map 44, Cheeks Township. The current Land Use Plan Designation is Commercial/ <br /> Industrial Activity Node. The proposed Land Use Plan Designation is ED - Economic <br /> Development Activity Node. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> 1. Z-2-96 Neal and Betty Tapp <br /> REVISE the Orange County Zoning Atlas to rezone up to 7.4 acres owned by Neal and Betty <br /> Tapp from NC-2 Neighborhood Commercial to RB Rural Buffer. The property is bounded by I- <br /> 40 and Millhouse Road, and is identified as part of lot 2a, Tax Map 19, Chapel Hill Township. <br /> The property is designated as a Retail Trade Area within the Rural Buffer, in the Joint Planning <br /> Area Land Use Plan. <br /> 2 Z-3-96 Buckhorn Road Economic Development District Expansion <br /> REVISE the Orange County Zoning Atlas to expand the boundary of the Buckhorn Road <br /> Economic Development to include the following parcels located in the area bounded by I-85 to <br /> the north, West Ten Road to the south, Buckhorn Road to the west, and Mt. Willing Road to the <br /> east: lots 13, 18, 18a, 19, 19a, 19b, 20, 20a, 20c, 20d, 20e, 49, 50, 50a, 51, 51a , 51b, 51c, 52a, <br /> 52b, 53 and 54 of Tax Map 28, and lots 1, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 9, 9a, and 9b of Tax Map 44, <br /> Cheeks Township. <br /> The current zoning district is R-1 Rural Residential. The proposed zoning district is EDD - <br /> Economic Development District and Primary Development Area Overlay. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS <br /> 1. Amend ARTICLE 4.3 PERMITTED USE TABLE to: require approval of a Class B Special Use <br /> Permit for new telecommunication towers between 75 feet and 199 feet, and approval of a Class <br /> A Special Use Permit for new telecommunication towers 200 feet or taller. <br /> 2. Amend ARTICLE 8.8.17 RADIO AND TELEVISION TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING <br /> TOWERS, AND ELEVATED WATER STORAGE TANKS (CLASS B SPECIAL USE) to <br /> eliminate reference to and Special Use Permit requirements pertaining to radio and television <br /> transmitting and receiving towers. <br /> 3. Add ARTICLE 8.8.17a TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS (Special Use Permit application <br /> requirements and standards of evaluation)to require provisions which may include the following: <br /> setbacks adjacent to residential zoning districts must be equal to the tower height, but may be <br /> reduced to 50% of tower height if the remaining distance is included within an easement on <br /> adjoining property; setbacks adjacent to non-residential zoning districts must be equal to the <br /> greater of 20% of the tower height or the minimum required setback; A Type C Land Use Buffer <br /> (40 feet in width) must be provided, and existing vegetation may be removed only to the extent <br /> necessary; the applicant must provide specific documentation to indicate that efforts to co-locate <br /> on an existing tower were unsuccessful; the applicant must provide specific documentation that <br /> he/she is willing to allow shared use of the proposed tower; property owners within 1000 feet of <br />