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Prepared By: Orange County Planning Dept. Attachment I Spring 1985 SECTION I ()3`) SITE ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATIONS The property being considered for an industrial park is the Beard tract located northeast of the X-85/N.C. 86 interchange. The property has a frontage of approximately 3 ,000 feet on I-85 and a frontage of approximately 2,910 feet on U.S . 70-A. The current zoning of the property is R-1 Residential, but it is located in a Commercial-Industrial Transition Node as designated in the Orange County Land Use Plan. To the north of the site are scattered single-family and mobile homes. To the south is 1-85 , across which is located Chris' s . Truck Stop and the Orange Mobile Home Park. To the west are several single-family homes, the Esquire Health Club, an antique store and Hines Lumber Yard. East of the tract is the Colonial Hills Subdivision consisting of single-family and mobile homes. o e mentioned uses as well as the Beard tract are identified on-Exh-Iii-iTA, an existing land use map taken from the Central Orange Area Study. That study, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on November 7 , 1983 , contains an amendment to the Land Use Plan which involves a much larger area. However, because of the location of the Beard site in this area , maps from that study have been used where possible to identify site characteristics and surrounding property features. This section presents an analysis of factors which will influence development of the site, then concludes with — -- -recommendations- --r-egarting the--mast--appropriate method of site utlization. SITE FACTOR - COMMENT Topography Elevations on the site range .from 660-670 (See Exhibit B and feet above mean sea level (M:S.L.) along Site Analysis Map) the eastern property line to 580-590 feet along the western property line. This represents an elevation drop of 80 feet from east to west. Y Y Characterizing the site is a pond located centrally on the tract. Extending from the west, north and south are drainage swales which carry surface runoff to the pond. Slopes along these swales as well along the westen property line (where a stream exists) present limitations for development in that they generally exceed 10% . Slopes of 5% or less are most desirable for industrial development, but 10% has been used as a maximum cutoff in this report to allow more site utilization.