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40 <br /> 6 <br /> Pedestrian access should be provided for all ED uses, not just office, service and <br /> retail. (See item (a)4 of access design standards.) <br /> Traffic generation may impact surrounding residential developments; concerned <br /> about congestion of the area. (Mark Botts) <br /> Promoting non-residential development will increase taxes instead of reduce them; <br /> there will be more services needed with the addition of more commercial uses. <br /> The TAC's should have been involved in the creation of the ED zone, instead of <br /> simply being able to comment on the results of the Joint Planning Group's work. <br /> (Patrick Mulkey) <br /> This area is very rural residential, leave it that way. <br /> Employees at non-residential developments will require housing that will <br /> eventually cause more residential development. (Dan Eddleman) <br /> 10. Process and Intent of ED Zoning <br /> Encouraging economic development in the area is necessary; businesses that look <br /> at the area need pre-zoned land to be able to locate without having to spend 6 <br /> months to one year applying for re-zoning; this ED zone will help Orange County <br /> to provide jobs and diversify the taxbase. (Walter Ray) <br /> The performance standards must require enough to make a quality development <br /> inevitable, but standards must ensure that the area is not too expensive to <br /> develop; the appropriate performance standards can make this area a jewel; <br /> requiring buffers will allow intensive development surrounded by greenery (it will <br /> be a "green donut"). (Dolly Hunter) <br /> Expansion of the NC 54 "nodes" would be advantageous to the creation and <br /> encouragement of small businesses; small businesses are priced out of being able <br /> to locate in any of the municipalities in the County; the kind of businesses that <br /> locate in rural locations serve the region and provide jobs for middle-class <br /> residents. (Ray Sparrow) <br /> - Providing a set of performance standards will allow quality development that <br /> Orange County will be proud of; this development will not be land where the <br /> buildings are made to just meet the minimum standards. (Robert Wilson) <br /> - The Buckhorn Road area could take advantage of the railroad to provide mass <br /> transit and better freight movement by rail. (Sim Efland) <br /> - Creation of ED zone with performance standards would assist business locations <br /> by limiting the time required for Public Hearings, etc. that are a significant cost <br /> to small business establishment. (Ray Sparrow) <br /> This area is a valuable resource to Orange County; zone it now before it gets <br />