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1. 88 28 • allow. a eon .in=ty commercial use at this intersection. Smith commented on. the potential impacts imposed by the request: (1) Water afeSewer Services -- the City of Durham have indicated they could serve the site with public water and sewer services either in place or . to be extended to the site. (2) Tr ff'j_Jrpact - the property is located at the intersection of US 70 and NC 751 . It has a total of 77 feet of road frontage; 64.3 feet abuts • thesight distancel,triangle for NC 751 and the remainder of that abuts US 70. A strip of property owned by Duke University separates this parcel from NC 751 : The closeness of this tract to the intersection and the small amount of road frontage limits access points and could cause traffic congestion at this intersection. The latest traffic count information dated 1982 indicates a . count- of 5800 trips per day on US 70 at the Durham County Line and 4600 trips per day on NC 751. Based on possible uses at this particular site, traffic generation could be as high as 1030 trips per day for a fast food restaurant and as low as 129 trips per day for an office use. (3) Po11ic 'Fire and Rescue Services the Eno Volunteer Fire Department and Orange County ',Rescue Squad have indicated their willingness to serve this lot with no problems and the Sheriff's office indicated that this rezoning did not need law enforcement approval. (4) Relationship betyleen Land Use _Plan and Zoning Ordinance -- The . Commercial Transition acitivity node designation corresponds with the full range of commercial zoning districts from LC-1 through GC). The Zoning Ordinance establishes the maximum amount of ;and zoned Community Connercial- III at any activity node at 29 acres, except in rural, non-transition areas where the maximumlis 15 acres. There is no acreage zoned CC-3 at this activity node. (5). Permitted Uses - the permitted uses for CC-3 are the full range of services including commercial, office and service uses including limited automotive, convenience, durable goods, and other similar uses. Rezoning of the site would allow for development of the property for those uses permitted by right in the district. -Development of the site must comply with applicable requirements of the Land Use Intensity system, landscaping and screening, parking and signage. Smith stated that in reviewing the application and the criteria for resorting, it is the Staffs' opinion that the potential traffic impacts in this .particular location suggests t-.hat the application for a general rezoning request be denied,'