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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 1. 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item #-=-A <br /> SUBJEC7'. PUBLIC HEARING - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS DESIGN MANUAL <br /> DEPARTMENT- Planning&Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: —X—Yes No <br /> ATTACHMENTS: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Planning Director X2592 <br /> BOCC 1/18/94 Draft Minutes/Attachments <br /> Summary Sheet - Evolution of Permitted TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Use Table Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Comparison Sheet-Durham Business Park Durham 688-7331 <br /> Zoning District Uses Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> REFER ALSO TO DESIGN MANUAL <br /> (distributed previously) <br /> PURPOSE: To receive citizen comment on a proposed Design Manual containing performance <br /> standards and design criteria applicable within proposed Economic Development <br /> Districts. <br /> BACKGROUND: At its December 21, 1993 meeting, the Board of Commissioners considered <br /> Economic Development District proposals for decision. Several concerns were <br /> expressed about the Design Manual, including the following: <br /> 1. The Table of Permitted Uses in Section 2.2 should be revised to eliminate <br /> water storage tanks, radio and TV towers, transmission lines, motor <br /> freight terminals, storage and distribution of petroleum products, and <br /> freestanding restaurants, service stations,and retail stores as permitted <br /> or special uses. The Table should also permit churches and clubs or <br /> lodges- <br /> 2. Section 3.5, Service and Storage, should be revised to address noise <br /> originating from rooftop air conditioning equipment, to refer to trash <br /> areas and dumpaters as solid waste containers and recycling bins,and to <br /> provide a sketch which not shows screening techniques for solid waste <br /> containers but recycling bins as well. <br /> 3. Section 3.2, Landscape Deign, should be revised to require a 100-foot <br /> setback along Old N.C. 86,an arterial street, in addition to dedicating an <br /> additional 20 feet right-of-way. Where collector roads intersect with Old <br /> N.C. 86, a setback of 100 feet applied in the first 100 feet from the <br /> intersection, 75 feet in the next 100 feet, 50 feet in the next 100 feet, <br /> then 25 feet for the remainder of the frontage along collector road. The <br /> setback would apply to buildings, parking, loading and stomp areas. <br />