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34 <br /> The Planning Staff recommends that page 3.2 .6 of the Economic <br /> Development District Design Manual be amended, as shown <br /> below, to address situations where an Orange County Economic <br /> Development District is adjacent to an EDD of another <br /> planning jurisdiction. <br /> * <br /> To create transitions between neighborhoods and areas <br /> of differing development intensities, and separate <br /> incompatible land uses, a buffer of 100 feet in width is <br /> provided at the boundary of Economic Development Districts, <br /> and between Primary and Secondary Development Areas within <br /> the districts. The 100-foot wide buffer need not be provided <br /> when: <br /> 1 . The boundary of an Orange County EDD corresponds with the <br /> planning jurisdiction of another local government; and <br /> 2. The land located in the planning jurisdiction of the <br /> other local government has been zoned Economic <br /> Development District and designated the same (e.g <br /> Primary Development, Secondary Development) as the land <br /> located in the Orange County Economic Development <br /> District; and <br /> 3. the adjoining planning jurisdiction's Economic <br /> Development District Design Manual is the same as Orange <br /> County's. <br /> The Planning Staff does not recommend amending the Design <br /> Manual to address constraints imposed on corner lots such as <br /> those located in the EDD adjacent to the entrance to <br /> Cornwallis Hills. Unlike the lots which front only on Old NC <br /> 86, these corner lots are also adjacent to property which is <br /> zoned for residential use only, and the perimeter buffer may <br /> serve its intended purpose of providing separation between <br /> potentially incompatible uses. If all of the requirements <br /> of the Design Manual cannot be met, the developer may request <br /> approval of a Special Use Permit by the Board of <br /> Commissioners. <br />