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NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan B. EXISTING LAND USE Table 2 summarizes land use activities within the Study Area. The Hanson Aggregate stone quarry (241.57 acres) and the concrete plant dominate the existing land uses east of NC Highway 57. West of the highway, the Speedway (118.59 acres) and the go -kart facility (80.52 acres) are the dominant land uses. Table 2. Study Area Land Use Summary. Uses Outdoor Active Undeveloped Industrial Residential Quarry Recreation Agriculture Totals Sub - totals 241.57 ac. 199.11 ac. 109.49 ac. 242.72 ac. 29.65 ac. 107.96 ac. 930.50 ac. Study Area % 1 26.0% 21.4% 11.8% 26.1% 3.2% 11.6%1 100.00% Quarry The Nello L. Teer Company, the former quarry operator, received its initial operating permit from the State of North Carolina in 1987. Durham County, at the same time, reviewed the development proposal and issued a Special Use Permit (SUP) allowing for the quarry operation to be established. Within Durham County, the quarry area is within the Tittle River. Watershed Plan as a protected corridor. As previously indicated, the Orange County portion of the stone quarry was not zoned until 1994, when it was designated as Agricultural Residential (AR). While the County conducted a public information meeting on the quarry development proposal in 1987 regarding the mining permit, primarily in Durham County at that time, no permit was issued. With the establishment of County zoning authority in Little River Township in 1994, the stone quarry became a legal non = conforming land use. Hanson Aggregates has operated a granite rock quarry east of NC Highway 57 since 2002. The quarry operation is located within both Orange and Durham counties, with the majority of the quarry operation within Durham County. The Orange County portion of the quarry contains 242 acres of leased lands and lands owned in fee simple by Hanson Aggregates. At present nineteen acres of this area are actively quarried and another 80 acres are bonded for active quarry operational areas. The ultimate quarry pit area, according to the permit on file with North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR), is intended to incorporate approximately 80 acres of land within Orange County. The current permit authorizing quarry operations expires on March 8, 2008. The looming renewal question presents the quarry owners and Orange County an excellent opportunity to address the SUP issue in a proactive manner. Durham County may review their SUP during the renewal while Orange County will initiate its own new SUP review process. 15