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l <br /> 16 <br /> eliminate any development of the lot. <br /> Planning Board comments included concern with the <br /> possibility of strip development along NC 86. <br /> Strip development was a concern during the <br /> initial development of the EDD. General <br /> provisions found in the design manual such as <br /> those related to restrictions on freestanding <br /> retail, signage, access design are designed to <br /> minimize impacts of development. Additional or <br /> different provisions relating to the creation of <br /> a gateway to Hillsborough would need to be <br /> addressed through a separate public hearing for <br /> that purpose. <br /> Willis continued that there is a proposed cross <br /> section for Old NC 86 when it is widened to four <br /> lanes. It will include 100 foot right-of-way and <br /> a 25 foot landscape median, a four foot bike lane <br /> and a 6 foot sidewalk. <br /> There is a 25 foot setback and 10 foot landscape <br /> buffer required. <br /> The Zoning Officer recommends approval of the <br /> proposed amendment. <br /> Barrows noted that this amendment could apply to <br /> the other EDDs. Willis responded that this same <br /> provision could apply if there was an agreement <br /> with another jurisdiction where standards had <br /> been adopted and the districts abutted against <br /> each other. <br /> Waddell called attention to the green space along <br /> Cates Creek noting that buffer would remain <br /> because of the creek. <br /> Price asked Willis if she had stated that the 100 <br /> foot buffer on the west side of NC 86 would <br /> disappear. Willis responded, indicating on the <br /> map the area that the 100-foot perimeter buffer <br /> around the district would not apply where it <br /> abuts the economic development district of <br /> another jurisdiction. Price continued asking for <br /> clarification of the 200-foot buffer around the <br /> other side of the parcels suggested by <br /> Commissioner Willhoit and Willis' comment that <br /> that discussion could be opened up again. Willis <br /> responded that any discussion can be opened up <br /> again through a separate public hearing. Willis <br /> referred again to the boundary of the EDD between <br /> Oakdale Drive and Cornwallis Hills which <br /> coincides with the western boundary of a single <br />