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PA-F $4793 <br /> 13 <br /> Excerpt from minutes of 11/23/92 Public Hearing <br /> 1 Comprehensive Plan . The proposal would add language to include a new plan <br /> 2 category entitled "Open Space Development Area" . <br /> 3 The Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan was adopted in 1981 as <br /> 1- the Orange County Land Use Plan . In 1989 , the Board of Commissioners <br /> recognized the County' s planning policy documents under the guise of a <br /> Comprehensive Plan , and the Land Use Plan became the Land Use Element. <br /> 7 The Land Use Element is a policy document which guides decision-making <br /> 3 on land use related issues . As such , the Element contains a number of land <br /> 3 use categories which reflect these goals and policies , and correspond to <br /> 3 zoning districts containing development standards . There are currently 19 <br /> 1 land use categories . <br /> The proposed "Open Space Development Area" category would address <br /> 3 innovative open space development styles and their evaluation/application <br /> 4 under the existing County plan . The amendment is also designed to address <br /> 5 concerns regarding the consistency between the Hillsborough-Orange County <br /> 5 Cooperative Planning Agreement and the Comprehensive Plan . <br /> 7 <br /> 3 QUESTIONS AND/OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD <br /> 3 <br /> 3 COMMISSIONER GORDON asked if this proposed amendment will go to <br /> 1 Hillsborough for their review? Marvin Collins indicated that would not be a <br /> 2 normal part of this procedure but it could be given to them for review. <br /> 3 Commissioner Gordon asked that they have an opportunity to review it. She <br /> 4 also suggested that the RCSC review the citizen comments and separate the <br /> 5 strategies into rural and urban. <br /> 5 <br /> 7 COMMISSIONER INSKO asked that the Planning Board take citizen comments <br /> 3 into consideration in their recommendation. <br /> 3 <br /> 3 QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM CITIZENS : <br /> None <br /> 3 A motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded •by Commissioner <br /> Halkiotis, to adjourn the public hearing until 7 : 30 on January 4, 1993 at the <br /> 5 County Courthouse , Hillsborough , N . C . , to receive the Planning Board ' s <br /> S recommendation. <br /> 7 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 3 <br /> 3 1113. ZONING ATLAS AMENDMENTS <br /> a. Z-4-92 Hancor , Incorporated <br /> This item was presented by Mary Willis to consider a proposed <br /> • zoning atlas amendment. Hancor is a plastic pipe manufacturing facility <br /> 3 located on the south side of Highway 70 between Eflartd and Mebane . The <br /> 4 Hancor property contains 15 . 9 acres , extending from Highway 70 to the <br /> Southern Railroad at a depth of about 1100 feet. The existing structures , <br /> 3 which include a 9000 square foot manufacturing building and several metal <br /> buildings , are all located on the southernmost 150 ' of the property , adjacent <br /> • to the railroad . Most of the remainder of the property is used for storage <br /> of manufactured materials prior to shipping . <br /> Surrounding land uses include undeveloped property to the north , a 9 <br /> acre residential lot to the east , additional Hancor property to the south, <br /> and the Orange-Alamance Water System to the west. Except for the I-1 Light <br />