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19 <br /> Techniques for reducing noise levels are highlighted in 2.4 - <br /> Environmental Factors. <br /> The northern portion of the district includes a <br /> "finger-like"projection along the west side of Old NC <br /> Highway 86,extending from Cates Creek to Oakdale <br /> Drive.Because of its proximity to existing single-family <br /> homes in the Cornwallis Hills Subdivision,that portion of <br /> the district has been designated as a Primary Transition <br /> Overlay Area. Manufacturing and wholesale trade uses <br /> are not permitted, as well as certain types of retail <br /> establishments.While hours of operation are limited,the, <br /> landscape-to-building ratios are the same as required in <br /> the Primary I Development Area, <br /> Access to the four quadrants of this district is generally <br /> available from Old N.C. Highway 86 or byway-of service <br /> roads paralleling 1-40. Primary.I Development Areas on the <br /> north side of 1-40 are focused on these thoroughfares <br /> because they link directly with 1-40 and provide the most <br /> efficient means of moving people,goods, and services in and <br /> out of the area. Nevertheless, because of the potential for <br /> strip commercial development, access is limited to certain <br /> locations. These access points as well as a collector road <br /> system and transit access point are identified on the schematic <br /> plan for the district. Standards for intersection and roadway <br /> design are explained in greater detail in section 3.3, <br /> Circulation & Parking. <br /> To the south of 1-40, a Primary II Development Area has been <br /> designated adjacent to the interstate highway and its <br /> intersection with Old N.C. Highway 86.While the range of <br /> permitted uses is similar to that of the Primary I Development <br /> Area., retail uses are limited,and higher landscape-to-building <br /> ratios are required.These ratios and their application are <br /> explained in detail in section 2.3- Land Use Intensity. <br /> Two significant resources existing within the boundaries of the <br /> district include a bottomland hardwood forest bordering Cates <br /> Creek and the remnants of the "New Chapel Hill Road". The <br /> old roadway,illustrated on George Tate's 1891 map of the <br /> Econor*DevedVâ–ş nt Disftft Des4;n M&x W pale 2.1.7 <br />