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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 5, 1994 Action Agenda Item # SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT Article 4 . 1 Establishment of Use Regulations (uses permitted by right) Article 6. 16. 16 Borrow Pits for Federal and State Highway Projects DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x No ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Willis Proposed amendment Extension 2583 8/22/94 Public Hearing Minutes Memo from Erosion Control Supervisor TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 9/19/94 Planning Board Minutes (draft) Hillsborough-732-8181 Durham -688-7331 Mebane -227-2031 Chapel Hill -967-9251 PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance to allow a borrow pit associated with a state or federal highway construction project as a use permitted by right in all zoning districts. BACKGROUND: The issue of borrow pits was recently brought to the attention of the Planning Staff by a contractor bidding for a NCDOT contract to replace the bridge on NC 54 which crosses the Haw River. A borrow pit is an area excavated to provide fill dirt for construction projects, including major road construction projects. After the excavation is completed, the area is generally reclaimed. Reclamation may include refilling the borrow pit with inert construction debris from the road project. Currently, the Zoning Ordinance does not provide a distinction between a borrow pit and a commercial quarry operation, nor does it distinguish between the reclamation of a borrow pit and the creation of a landfill. Both landfills and quarries require approval of a Class A Special Use Permit. The amendment would allow the creation and reclamation of a borrow pit associated with a State of Federal highway improvement project as a use by right, provided that certain conditions specified in the amendment text are met.