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2 r 4. Section 3.3, Circulation and Parking, should be revised to change all references to "should" to "must" or "shall". In addition to the changes to the Design Manual,the Board of Commissioners also felt that another public hearing should be held on the Manual and the Table of Permitted Uses (included in the Manual). The Board set the public hearing for January 18, 1994. However, due to the lack of a quorum of Planning Board members,the public hearing was opened then continued to this meeting.Citizens present at that meeting were permitted to present their comments for inclusion in the official public hearing record at this meeting.Draft minutes of the January 18, 1994 meeting as well as written comments provided at that meeting have been included as attachments to this abstract. The staff response to some of these comments is as follows: 1. With regard to the comment that the 379 acres proposed for Primary Development in the I-40/Old N.C. 86 District is over 30% more than either of the other EDD's, the 285 acres designated for Open Space is over 50% more than either of the other EDD's. 2. With regard to the comment that the intent of the I-40/01d N.C. 86 District is to create a"business park" setting, a comparison of the list of permitted uses in that District with those permitted in Durham's business park zoning district is provided as an attachment.As can be seen on the comparison table,the major differences between the two districts are with respect to manufacturing and retail uses. Manufacturing uses involving the production of food, paper, furniture, rubber, and plastic products, sporting and transportation equipment, and printing and publishing establishments are permitted in the I.40/01d N.C. 86 District but are not allowed in the business park zone. Retail uses are also excluded from the business park zone. The rationale for inclusion of retail uses is based on a review of reference materials concerning business and office parks. Retail uses are generally located in a service court or commercial center for the convenience of employees who work in the park as well as nearby residents.The I-40/Old N.C.86 District proposal is modeled after this approach; e.g., retail uses are limited to locations in service courts or multiple use commercial centers. 3. With regard to the comment that the I-40/Old N.C. 86 District has been designated as"open space"on the Hillsborough Cooperative Plan and the District is a serious departure from that Plan, there is no Cooperative Plan, only a Cooperative Planning Agreement with a map showing the boundary of a Cooperative Planning Area While the corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction (urban areas), and the transition areas as shown on the map reflect land use plan designations in the County's adopted Land Use Element, the open space area has not been incorporated into that Element. Work on the Cooperative Plan was put on hold in March, 1992 when the two governing boards asked for additional information concerning the small area planning process, the density required to financially support public water/sewer extensions into the open space area,and the ability to limit connections to such lines, once extended. Issue papers addressing