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17 <br /> Open Space Areas. Open Space Areas include land which is <br /> generally characterized by steep slopes, floodplains, natural <br /> areas, recreational and wildlife corridors, historic sites, and <br /> other similar features. Criteria for the preservation of such <br /> features are provided in section 3.2- Landscape Design. <br /> On the following pages, the schematic plans for the three <br /> Economic Development Districts are presented, including a <br /> description of the Primary, Secondary, and Open Space Areas <br /> associated with each. To implement the schematic plans, <br /> developers and property owners,particularly those with large <br /> L I --1 , tracts of land, are encouraged to prepare specific project <br /> plans which not only reflect market forces but provide a <br /> '7.,i-J•wpi coordinated blend of compatible uses. <br /> r! _ � '` a� .' .;� s I-B5/Buckhorn Road District <br /> •.1. _ r ii•N The I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District is <br /> .\'� i comprised of 300 acres located on the northeast corner of <br /> ! the interstate interchange. This acreage is distributed among <br /> •- - the three principal land use categories in the schematic plan as <br /> • follows: <br /> Primary Development Area 220 Acres <br /> 1-85/Bockhorn Road Open Space Area 51 Acres <br /> Economic Defrotaoinient0ishfOt Rights-of-Way 29 Acres <br /> Access to interior portions of the district is proposed through <br /> extension of a service road being constructed as part of the <br /> 1-85/1-40 widening. The service road will terminate on the west <br /> side of Buckhorn Road, and any collector road extended to <br /> serve the district must align with it. <br /> Transit access is also proposed through a centrally located <br /> park-and-ride lot or similar facility with access to both rail and <br /> thoroughfare systems. Design criteria for these systems are <br /> presented in section 3.3, Circulation & Parking. <br /> Land uses in and adjacent to the district range from single- <br /> family residential to a variety of non-residential uses. The <br /> Southern Railroad crosses the district as does a Duke Power <br /> transmission line and a Public Service Company gas pipeline. <br /> The area is also served by the Orange-Alamance Water <br /> Economic Development Districts Design Manna/ Pape 2.1.3 <br />