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NC Highway 57 Speedway Area Small Area Plan Quarry — Asphalt Plant NCDENR issued an initial Air Quality permit to the Nello Teer Company to develop an asphalt plant on the quarry property in the April 1991. The permit noted the plant as being in Durham County where the quarry administrative center is located, rather than the actual physical Orange County location. A few years after NCDENR issued its original permit the asphalt plant, located on leased lands west of the quarry within Orange County's planning jurisdiction, burned down and the plant operation ceased. Like the concrete plant to the north, its location is tied to the stone quarry operation. Concrete Plant Like the stone quarry, the concrete plant on Mile Branch Road began operation before zoning regulations were in effect for Little River Township. The plant is a legal non - conforming use that would need rezoning to become conforming. Orange County Speedway and Go -Kart Track The outdoor raceway facilities dominate the west side of NC Highway 57 because of their large lot size, volume of traffic generated before and after events, and in the case of the Speedway, the sheer volume of noise emanating from the raceway. Litter generated on local roadways is also of concern to local residents. The Speedway and the go -kart facilities are not currently listed as either permitted or special uses in the AR zoning district. To make them conforming there would have to be amendments to the existing Orange County Zoning Ordinance, such as a zoning amendment allowing the uses within the AR zoning district or the creation of a new zoning district. Along with these amendments there would have to be conditions of approval established governing the operational characteristics of both land uses. Because the two raceway activities were established before County zoning authority was established, the properties are considered to be legal non - conforming uses of land. C. INFRASTRUCTURE (WATER/SEWER SERVICE) As previously indicated, there are no public sewer collection or water distribution systems available within, or planned for, the Study Area. The Study Area is not part of a Primary Service Area and water and sewer service is not anticipated, except in the advent of a documented adverse public health condition, such as contaminated well water, un- repairable wells, or where there is no alternate location on -site for a new well and no other service option is available. During initial public input sessions, several local residents expressed concern over the sustainability of their wells. Some residents stated that their wells were contaminated as the result of blasting activities at the stone quarry. The Orange County Environmental Health Division has offered to provide well testing services to properties within 3,000 feet of the stone- quarry properties to evaluate well water problems. Figure 3 maps the quarry impact area. There are 33 residences in the quarry impact area, many of which are outside of this Small Area Plan Study Area. 16