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24 <br /> 7 . Amend Section 3 . 12 - Chapel Hill Township Plan by revising the last <br /> paragraph in the subsection, Distribution of Land Use Plan <br /> Categories, to read as follows: <br /> There are no activity nodes in Chapel Hill Township north of <br /> the JPA. An Twe-commereiai-industrial-transition-nodes Economic <br /> Development (Transition) Activity Nodes,--one-#n-Eno-Township <br /> fENe-B}T-and-ene in Hillsborough Township (HB-5) , however, extends <br /> es-far-south-as slightly beyond the Chapel Hill Township line. The <br /> Eno-node-boundary-ia-the-Southern-Raiiread-#n-the-northeast-corner <br /> of-the-area. The node in Hillsborough Township crosses the Duke <br /> Power transmission line north of Davis Road and adjacent to I-40 <br /> east of Old N.C. 86 in the northwestern corner of the township. <br /> 8 . Amend Section 4. 1 - Overview of Implementation Strategies by adding <br /> an "Economic Development Activity Node" row to the "Land Use <br /> Element Categories-Zoning District Matrix". The subsection, "Zoning <br /> Ordinance", would also be amended (as follows) to add a description <br /> of the "Economic Development Activity Node" category. <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY NODE: Identifies areas in <br /> Transition areas of the County which have been specifically <br /> targeted for economic development activity consisting of light <br /> industrial, distribution, flex space, office, and service/retail <br /> uses. Such areas are located adjacent to interstate and major highways, and subject to special design criteria and <br /> performance standards. The applied zoning district is ED (Economic <br /> Development) . <br /> The subsection, "Economic Development Plan", is also proposed for <br /> revision and would read as follows (wording to be deleted shown in <br /> strike-through; new wording shown in boldface) : <br /> Economic Development Plan <br /> The physical land use planning activity cannot be separated <br /> from economic considerations. In determining the appropriate <br /> pattern of land use for the County an assumption is <br /> implicitly made regarding the type of growth favored and the <br /> response of the economy to such growth. Conscious efforts to <br /> broaden and diversify the economic base of the area and <br /> promote certain forms of economic development should <br /> complement physical planning considerations affecting land <br /> use patterns, particularly as they impact on the <br /> maximization of opportunities for County residents for <br /> housing and work, and the protection of the environment. An <br /> economic-dove+epment-plan-and-re+ated-peiicies-would <br /> signcantly-eentri bate-te-reducing-petentfa+-prebiems <br /> resu+ting-from-inapproprate-economic-development-patterns. <br /> orange-Heunty-is-current+y-invo+ved-in-efforts-directed-at <br /> formulating-such-a-p+an-and-peiie±es-for-the-future <br /> development-of-the-county. The Orange County Industrial <br /> Facilities and Pollution Control Authority was created by <br /> the Board of County Commissioners on October 23 , 19 78, and <br />