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007 <br /> PROPOSED AMENDMENT: <br /> ARTICLE 4 ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMITTED USE TABLE AND SCHEDULE <br /> 4.1 Establishment of Use Regulations <br /> 4.2 District Statements of Intent and Application Criteria <br /> 4.2.26 Efland Setback(ES)Overlay District (NEW) <br /> ,a) Intent <br /> Thepnrpose of the Efland Setback Overlay District is to recogtize the unia e <br /> pattern of lot sizes which existed in the Efland Area prior to the application of <br /> zoning regulations to Cheeks Township on October 1. 1984. The development <br /> Characteristics of Efland and areas west differ from development patterns in the <br /> remainder of Orange o un 's Planning jurisdiction. <br /> The area is located along Transportation Corridor marked by I-85/1-40. US <br /> Highway 70 and the Southem Railroad, Efland was established as a com_muni <br /> circa 1880,80, as a tobacco-shipping oII ost along the railroad. In the early 1900s. <br /> textile manufacture became a significant industry in both the region and the State. <br /> and mills in and around Efland spurred much of the residential development which <br /> idered the core of the community, <br /> The dominance of the railroad and manufacture of textiles has diminished during <br /> the last half-ceaUa.but the development patterns created during that ti= <br /> including residential development and industrial,commercial_and institutional <br /> service remain and development has continued. <br /> The unique c aMteristics of the Efland Area is recognized in the Orange County <br /> Comprehensive Plan by its designation as Ten-or Twenty-Year Transition Area <br /> and in some areas-as Co mercial-Industrial Activity Node Some areas.most Qf <br /> which were developed prior to zoning are zoned LC 1 NC2.EC-5- EI or I1. <br /> _,flectmg their existm- i 9 or industrial use Some areas have also bee <br /> rezoned to allow residential densities ranging from 2 to 5 dwelling units per acre. <br /> The maims of Efland however. is currently in the R-1 (Rural Residential) zoning <br /> district The Rl district serves as a holding zone until adeQuate community <br /> services enable moderate residential rdensi ec allowed to the 10- and 20-year <br /> Transition Areas, <br /> The RI Rural Residential_ district reQuj*e a mi imam lot Size of 40.000 square <br /> feet Building_setbacks are rewired to be 20 feet from side and rear property lines <br /> and 40 feet from road rig -of-ti ay Lots in the R-1 di et which are smaller <br />