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31- <br /> O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 28, 1995 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # C 1(c) <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Economic Development District Design Manual (Perimeter Buffer) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes X No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> Proposed amendment Extension 2583 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed amendment to <br /> eliminate the requirement for a 100-foot buffer along the <br /> perimeter of an Economic Development District (EDD) which <br /> abuts an EDD adopted by another planning jurisdiction. <br /> BACKGROUND: On January 17, 1995, the Board of Commissioners approved a <br /> 720-acre EDD in the vicinity of the I-40/Old NC 86 <br /> interchange. <br /> One issue which was raised during the initial public hearing <br /> process concerned whether or not a strip of properties along <br /> the west side of Old NC 86 north of Cates Creek should be <br /> included in the EDD. That issue was resolved on June 26, <br /> 1995, when the Board of Commissioners included the strip in <br /> the EDD and designated it as Primary Development Overlay <br /> Area. <br /> The area added to the EDD on June 26 ranges from 300 to 500 <br /> feet in depth, and the perimeter buffer of 100 feet poses <br /> development constraints. The east side of Old NC 86 is in <br /> the planning jurisdiction of the Town of Hillsborough and <br /> has also been designated as an Economic Development <br /> District. Since identical regulations are administered by <br /> the Town of Hillsborough, the buffer along NC 86 is not <br /> needed to minimize impact on adjacent land uses. <br /> The proposed amendment would eliminate the perimeter buffer <br />