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73 <br /> Hatch, Little & Bunn, L.L.P. <br /> _ Harold W. Barry,Jr. J.Wilbur Bunn(1882-1969) Attorneys at Law <br /> Thomas D. Bunn William T. Hatch(1905-:979) <br /> Tina L.Frazier lames C.Little(1917-1977) <br /> Robin M. Hammond <br /> John N.McClain,Jr. 327 Hillsborough Street <br /> David H.Permar POSt 0111C®Box 527 <br /> A.Bartlett White Raleigh,North Carolina 27602 <br /> Douglas Q.Wickham 919/6563940 <br /> William D. Young IV Fax 919/856-3950 <br /> April 25, 1996 <br /> Ms . Mary Willis <br /> Orange County Planning Department <br /> 306F Revere Road <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Re: Proposed Expansion of the Buckhorn Road Economic <br /> Development District <br /> Dear Ms. Willis : <br /> As we discussed when I visited your office on April 22, I <br /> represent Venture Capital Group - Project No. 4 which owns a two <br /> and one half acre site in the southwest intersection of Buckhorn <br /> Road and I-40/85. Since the 1960s, the site has been occupied by <br /> a service station dispensing petroleum products, selling <br /> convenience food items, operating a repair facility and a towing <br /> and wrecker service. As the I-40/85 expansion project is completed <br /> in this vicinity, the property owner desires to upgrade and <br /> renovate the facility, including a possible expansion of highway <br /> services that are typically available at interstate exchanges. The <br /> site is currently zoned NC-2. The property owner has asked me to <br /> review the Economic Development District proposal and determine <br /> what the best approach is considering the present and future <br /> development of the site. <br /> While we certainly think that an Economic Development District <br /> is appropriate for this area, an economic development district is <br /> designed primarily to preserve large acreage tracts for industrial <br /> park type development. Due to the increased buffers and higher <br /> development standards, it can be counter productive, and indeed <br /> prohibitive on a small acreage tract developed for interstate <br /> highway services . For example, current zoning on the site only <br /> requires a 50-foot buffer on Buckhorn Road. The proposed EDD would <br /> require a 100-foot buffer. In addition, while most highway service <br /> businesses are permitted as of right in the NC-2 zoning district, <br /> all uses which are appropriate for the site would require a Type A <br /> special use permit under the EDD zoning. <br /> Accordingly, I request that you remove tax parcel number 20A <br /> as shown on the enclosed zoning map from your proposed Economic <br />