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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 /> .) Intent <br /> The p=ose of the Efland Setback Overlay District is to recognize the unique <br /> pattem of lot sizes which existed in the Efland Area prior to the application of <br /> zoninTgulations to Cheeks Township on October 1. 1984. The development <br /> Characteristics of Efland and as west differ from development patterns in the <br /> remainder of Orange County's Planning jurisdiction. <br /> The area is located along a Transportation Corridor marked by I-85/1-40. US <br /> Highway 70 and the Southern Railroad. Efland was established as a community <br /> circa 1880. as a tobacco-shipping ou ost along the railroad. In the early 1900s. <br /> textile manufacture became a significant industrvin both- the-region and the State. <br /> and mills in and around Efland spurred much of the residential development which <br /> is con idered the core of the e community. <br /> The dominance of the railroad and manufacture of textiles has diminished during <br /> the last half-century.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 characteristics 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 Commercial-Industrial Activity Node. Some =as.most of <br /> which were develo dd prior to zoning are zoned LC 1.NC2.EC-5,El or i l. <br /> deflecting their existing_commercial or industrial use Some areas have also been <br /> rezoned to allow residential_densities ranging from 2 to 5 dwelling units per are. <br /> The majority of Efland-however is currently in the R-1 (RLrat Residential__) zOrLng <br /> district The Rl district serves as a holding zone until adequate community <br /> services enable moderate residential densities allowed in the 10- and 20-year <br /> Tr=sition Areas, <br /> The RI Rural Residential district requires a mi imam lot size of 40.000 square <br /> feet Building setbacks are required to be 20 feet from side and rear=Rcm lines <br /> and 40 feet from road rights-of-my, Lots in the R-1 district which are smaller <br />