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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: November 1 , 1994 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item # <br /> SUBJECT: PROPOSED ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Article 4 . 1 Establishment of Use Regulations (uses <br /> permitted by right) <br /> Article 6. 16. 16 Borrow Pits for Federal and State Highway <br /> Projects <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING PUBLIC HEARING Yes _x_No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Mary Willis <br /> Proposed amendment Extension 2583 <br /> 8/22/94 Public Hearing Minutes <br /> Memo from Erosion Control Supervisor TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> 9/19/94 Planning Board Minutes Hillsborough-732-8181 <br /> 10/5/94 Commissioners Minutes (draft) Durham -688-7331 <br /> 10/17/94 Planning Board Minutes (draft) Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill -967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a proposed amendment to the Zoning Ordinance <br /> to allow a borrow pit associated with a state or federal <br /> highway construction project as a use permitted by right <br /> in all zoning districts. <br /> BACKGROUND: The issue of borrow pits was recently brought to the <br /> attention of the Planning Staff by a contractor bidding <br /> for a NCDOT contract to replace the bridge on NC 54 which <br /> crosses the Haw River. A borrow pit is an area excavated <br /> to provide- fill dirt for construction projects, including <br /> major road construction projects. After the excavation is <br /> completed, the area is generally reclaimed. Reclamation <br /> may include refilling the borrow pit with inert <br /> construction debris from the road project. <br /> Currently, the Zoning Ordinance does not provide a <br /> distinction between a borrow pit and a commercial quarry <br /> operation, nor does it distinguish between the reclamation <br /> of a borrow pit and the creation of a landfill. Both <br /> landfills and quarries require approval of a Class A <br /> Special Use Permit. <br /> The amendment would allow the creation and reclamation of <br /> a borrow pit associated with a State of Federal highway <br /> improvement project as a use by right, provided that <br /> certain conditions specified in the amendment text are <br /> met. <br />