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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Item No. =X_5 <br /> Meeting Date: MARCH 15, 1994 <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE TWO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS <br /> --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X <br /> --------------------------------- ---------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : (1) MEMO FROM INFORMATION CONTACT: ALICE GORDON <br /> ALICE GORDON CONCERNING ECONOMIC <br /> DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS DATED 2/28/94 <br /> AND A RELATED MEMO DATED 2/11/94; <br /> (2) PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN AND ZONING <br /> ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENTS FOR THE TWO <br /> EDDs (Annotated Pages from March 1 <br /> Agenda Packet) ; (3) MEMO FROM VERLA <br /> INSKO CONCERNING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br /> NODES. <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-5401 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider various amendments to the Land Use Plan and Zoning <br /> Ordinance associated with the establishment and approval of two Economic <br /> Development Districts (EDDs) . <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Board of Commissioners approved on March 1, <br /> 1994 two Economic Development Districts at I-85/Buckhorn Road and I- <br /> 85/US70. The attachments to this abstract outline several amendments for <br /> the Board's consideration. <br /> The amendments address two major policy questions: <br /> 1. Location of Commercial, industrial, economic development, and similar <br /> non-residential activity nodes <br /> Before March 1, Orange County required that major commercial activity <br /> nodes be located in areas in or near population centers (towns or <br /> transition areas) . These were essentially urban nodes with urban, <br /> centralized services. For the "Locational Criteria" in the Land Use <br /> Plan that are relevant, see "Public Services/Utilities" and <br /> "Population Density" and also "Soil Conditions" and "Existing Land <br /> Use". After March 1, we are allowing these more intensive land uses <br /> in many other essentially rural parts of the county. (See Gordon's <br /> Economic Development Districts memos dated February 28 and February <br /> 11. ) <br /> 2. Board Review of Economic Development Proposals <br /> Before March 1, the Commissioners reviewed virtually all major <br /> projects in Orange County. After March 1, a significant number of <br /> major developments could be reviewed by staff only. (See Gordon's <br /> Economic Development Districts memos of February 28 and February 11. <br />