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18 <br /> Draft 11-19-2013 <br /> Existing Zoning and Land Use <br /> Existing Land Use <br /> The Study Area contains a variety of residential uses ranging from mobile home parks <br /> to modest single family homes on smaller lots, to large single family homes located on <br /> several acres of land. Additionally, the Study Area contains numerous commercial and <br /> industrial uses along Highway 70 and Mt. Herman Church Road. Five (5) parcels of land <br /> within the Focus Area are in the Agricultural Use Value program. <br /> Existing Zoning <br /> The existing zoning for the Study Area, derived from the Unified Development <br /> Ordinance (UDO) is depicted on the Eno EDD - Zoning Map on page 7. The Study Area <br /> is currently zoned EDD-1 (Economic Development Eno Lower Intensity) and EDE-2 <br /> (Economic Development Eno Higher Intensity). The Whispering Pines subdivision is <br /> currently zoned R2 (Low and Medium Intensity Residential). Remaining areas of the <br /> Study Area are currently zoned R1 (Rural Residential). Additionally, the Study Area is <br /> within the Major Transportation Corridor (MTC) zoning overlay district. The MTC, which <br /> measures approximately 1 ,250 feet from the edge of 1-85 and US 70, requires higher <br /> developments standards for setbacks, buffering and landscaping within the district. <br /> The following table describes the existing zoning districts found in the Study Area: <br /> Existing Zoning District Description <br /> EDE-1 The purpose of the EDE-1 District is to provide locations for <br /> Economic Development a range of lower intensity non-residential uses in the <br /> Eno Lower Intensity designated Eno Economic Development District. <br /> EDE-2 The purpose of the EDE-2 District is to provide locations for <br /> Economic Development a range of light industrial, distribution, retail, office, and <br /> Eno Higher Intensity service uses in the designated Eno Economic Development <br /> District. <br /> R-1 The purpose of the R-1 District is to provide locations for <br /> Rural Residential rural non-farm residential development, at very low <br /> intensities, in areas where the short and long-term solutions <br /> to domestic water supply and sewage disposal shall be <br /> individual wells and ground absorption system. <br /> R-2 The purpose of the R-2 District is to provide locations for low <br /> Low Intensity Residential intensity residential development and supporting recreational <br /> community service and educational uses in areas where <br /> urban services are available or are to be provided as part of <br /> the development process. <br /> MTC The intent of the MTC Overlay District is to protect and <br /> Major Transportation enhance important natural and environmental features <br /> Corridor through the provision of special controls of development <br /> along major transportation corridors. <br /> 6IPage <br />