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._ 121 10 Willard Cates,. resident of Byrdsville for 12 years, expressed concezzt with traffic problem, debris and concrete spillage on sides of the road and near stop sign. 2. Z-7-85 GEORGE HORTON REZONING The presentation was made by Director of Planning Marvin Collins. This agenda item is to consider a rezoning request for George Horton. C. D. Hogue is requesting a rezoning for George Horton on 86.51 acres out of 103 acres of lard located along Highway 70 Business southeast of ili'llsbarough. The remaining 16.49 acres will not be changed from present R-1 zoning designation. The property is referenced as Tax Map 40 Block A Lots 11 and 14 of Hillsborough Township. The property is located in an area designated as Ten Year Transition and. Commercial Industrial Activity Node in the Orange County Lath Use Plan. I ' The present zoning is R-1. The applicant is requesting 26.65 acres to be rezoned to 0-I and 59.86 acres to be rezoned I-1. Approval of the request would allow Office-institutional uses on the 16.65 acres and. Industrial-1 uses on the 59.86 acres. A 1984 traffic count on Business 70 indicated 1200 trips per day. Cb. N.C. 86 between Business 70 and Valley Forge Road (SR 1200) a 1984 traffic count indicated 4200 trips per day. If the 59.86 acres proposed to be zoned I-1 were developed approximately 3,137 trips per day could be generated. If the 26.65 acres proposed to be zoned 0-I were developed, an additional 3,866 trips would possibly be generated. Unless some other type of access is obtained, all of this traffic would be directed to U.S. 70 Business. According to the Department of Transportation (Dar) , U.S. 70 Business is presently classified at service level C or better. At the current speed limit of 45 MPH and given a 20' travelway, the capacity of U.S. 70 Business at service level C is estimated to be 5,770 trips per day.