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ATTACHMENT 4 <br />OI~;ANGE COUNTY PLANNING & INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT <br />Craig N. Benedict, AICP, Director <br />Current Planning <br />(919) 245-2575 <br />(919) 644-3002 (FAQ <br />www.co.orange.nc.us <br />dit~'y,, j <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />DATE: <br />RE: <br />~ountP a!®. <br />~o~ <br />fsrK' ~ r <br />~, <br />!7 ~ ~ 52 <br />~~ <br />O <br />~ocrb ~uti~~`c <br /> <br />Orange County Planning Board <br />306F Revere Road <br />' POBox8181 <br />Hillsborough, <br />North Carolina, 27278 <br />Craig Benedict AICP - Plaruvng Director <br />Michael D. Harvey AICP, CZO -Zoning Admiivstrator/Enforcement Officer <br />April 25, 2008 <br />REVIEW and ASSESSMENT of Buckhorn Village application <br />Per Section 7.5.4 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance, please accept the following document <br />as an assessment of the Planned Development application, submitted by Buckhorn Road <br />Associates LLC, proposing to develop a unified commercial center on several parcels of property <br />within the Interstate 85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District. <br />This assessment shall be broken down intro the following sections: <br />• Background of the project, <br />• Application submittal and review, <br />• Staff assessment and findings on the appropriateness of the project per Section 7.5.4 of <br />the Ordinance, and <br />• Review/Assessment on requested waivers/modifications to existing development <br />regulations as outlined within the application. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />i~~ <br />Throughout the fall of 2007 staff began having regular, weekly, meetings with representatives of <br />Buckhorn Road Associates LLC (hereafter `applicant'). The applicant was proposing the <br />development of a phased, unified commercial center on several parcels of property along <br />