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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 u n MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissi0IIer8 John Link, County Manager Geoffrey Gledhill, County Attorney Ted Abernathy, Economic Development Director Beverly e, Clerk the.Co oners FROM: Marvin llins, lam Director DATE: January 4, 1994 SUBJE Work Session-Economic Development Districts COPIES: Platming Board Economic Development Commission A work im ssion has been scheduled for January 10, 1994, at 7:30 p.m. in the Governmental Services Building nference Room in Hillsborough for the purpose of considering the Economic Development Districts I esign Manual.The work session is being held in response to concerns expressed by the Board of Comink sioners at its December 21, 1993 meeting.Some specific concerns expressed about the Design Manual 'included the following. 1. The Table of Permitted Uses in Section 2.2 should be revised to eliminate water storage tanks, radio and TV towers, transmission lines, motor freight terminals, storage and distribution of petroleum products,and fieestanding restaurants,service stations,and retail stores as permitted or special uses. The Table should also permit churches and clubs or lodges. 2. Section 3.5, Service and Storage, should be revised to address noise originating from rooftop air co idituming equipment, to refer to trash areas and dumpsters as solid waste containers and re 7cling bins,and to provide a sketch which not only shows screening techniques for solid waste co 2tainers but recyding bins as well. 3. St ction 3.2,Landscape Design,should be revised to require a 100-foot setback along Old N.C. 86, an arterial street, in addition to reserving an additional 20-foot right-of-way dedication. Where co lector roads intersect with Old N.C. 86,a setback of 100 feet applied in the first 100 feet from th intersection, 75 feet in the next 100 feet, 50 feet in the next 100 feet, then 25 feet for the re nainder of the fiontage along collector road The setback would apply to buildings, parking, loading, and storage areas. 4. Section 3.3, Circulation and Parking, should be revised to change all references to "should" to "must" or "shall".