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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT <br /> 077 <br /> - ORDINANCE: Zoning Ordinance <br /> • <br /> REFERENCE: Article 6 .16 .12 Application of - Dimensional <br /> Requirements <br /> (Telephone exchanges. subscriber loop huts, <br /> pressure regulator stations. water and sanitary <br /> sewer pumping stations in all zoning districts) <br /> ORIGIN OF AMENDMENT: _X__Staff`Planning Board BOCC_Publis <br /> Other: OWASA/Mebane Home Telephone request <br /> STAFF PRIORITY RECOMMENDATION:xHigh_iiddlow - <br /> Comment: <br /> EXPECTED PUBLIC HEARING DATE: November 24. 1986 - <br /> • <br /> *********************************************** <br /> PURPOSE OF AMENDMENT: To revise Article 6.16.12 of the Zoning <br /> Ordinance to permit utility companies to <br /> locate telephone exchanges (without <br /> business offices) , subscriber loop huts, <br /> regulator stations. and water and <br /> sanitary sewer pumping stations in all <br /> zoning districts on lots of 10.000 square <br /> feet or the minimum required lot area of <br /> the district in which the facility, is <br /> located. whichever is less. <br /> IMPACTS/ISSUES: On October 31. 1986. the OWASA Board of - <br /> Directors approved the development - of a water <br /> sale and transfer agreement between OWASA and <br /> the Town of Hillsborough and authorized <br /> immediate action to develop the capability to <br /> pump water to the Hillsborough system. Of - <br /> critical importance is the acquisition of a <br /> suitable parcel of land in the Calvander area <br /> for a pump station. (See attached OWASA letter <br /> of 11-3-86. ) <br /> The Orange County Zoning Ordinance requires a <br /> minimum of 40,000 square feet of land east of <br /> N.C. 86 And two acres west of N.C. 86 (IPA <br /> Land Use Plan standard) . OWASA has indicated a <br /> . site of 10,000 square feet is sufficient for the <br /> pump station. <br /> Mebane Home Telephone wishes to acquire property .. <br /> in the vicinity of Mebane Oaks Road in Cheeks <br /> Township to install a telephone exchange <br /> (without business office) . Representatives of <br /> the company have indicated that 5 ,000 square <br /> feet is sufficient to serve their needs. <br /> OWASA has requested that Orange County waive its <br /> • lot area standards to permit the installation of <br /> the pump station. This cannot be done. and two <br />