Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
(Page 3.9-17) <br /> 091 <br /> In addition to classifying the land in the County, the County's land use strategy has been to identify <br /> appropriate activity nodes in each Township. The purpose is to direct commercial and industrial uses <br /> that choose to locate outside of the Town's planning jurisdiction to the most appropriate areas, <br /> avoiding strip development and promoting an efficient land use pattern focused on major intersections. <br /> Four such nodes are designated in Hillsborough Township. <br /> REFERENCE: HB-1 (Coleman Loop) <br /> LOCATION: NC 86 and Coleman Loop North (SR 1334) <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Rural Neighborhood <br /> This node is located at the intersection of an arterial, NC 86 and Coleman Loop. It was created to <br /> take advantage of existing commercial activity. This node is located within both the Upper Eno <br /> and Little River watersheds. Future non-residential development in this node must <br /> adhere to the adopted zoning standards in the corresponding watershed overlay district. <br /> There are no 440 major environmental constraints to small scale commercial development in the <br /> node, nor would such development disrupt the surrounding residential community. The scale of <br /> development is limited by the lack of public water and sewer. <br /> REFERENCE: HB-2 (Major Business Forms) <br /> LOCATION: NC 86 and Coleman Loop South (SR 1332) <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Rural Industrial <br /> This node, located at the intersection of the arterial NC 86 and Coleman Loop South, was created to <br /> take advantage of an existing industrial use at the intersection. There are no major environmental <br /> constraints at the site to hinder the development or expansion of small scale, rural industries. The <br /> scale of future development in the node will be limited by the lack of public water and sewer and the <br /> capacity of NC 86 to handle additional traffic. <br /> REFERENCE: HB-3 (St. Mary's) <br /> LOCATION: US 70 Bypass and St. Mary's Road (SR 1002) <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial Transition <br /> This node is located at the intersection of two arterial roads. Commercial uses presently exists in and <br /> near the node. There are no major environmental constraints to development within the node to <br /> hinder medium density residential or additional commercial development. There are constraints, <br /> though, imposed by the arrangement of the roads and its access points'which would require redesign to <br /> safely accommodate additional commercial development. A sewer force main exists along US 70 <br /> Bypass, addition important infrastructure necessary for more intensive development. <br /> REFERENCE: H3-4 (Harmon Young) <br /> LOCATION: Interstate 85 and NC 86 <br /> PLAN CATEGORY: Commercial-Industrial Transition <br /> This node, focused on the intersection of an Interstate and arterial road, contains a number of existing <br /> commercial and industrial uses. A satellite to this node exists farther south on NC 86, separated from <br /> the rest of the node by a medium density residential neighborhood. There are no major environmental <br /> constraints to hinder more intensive development in the main portion of the node. With the possible <br /> exception of the area immediately to the south of the intersection of Old NC 10 and NC 86, there <br /> would be no disruption of areas with a residential character. Additional development in the satellite <br /> should be restricted to avoid adverse impacts on Duke Forest and neighboring residential communities. <br /> Although the ability of NC 86 to handle additional traffic may hinder some development, the existence <br /> of sewer service and the road system within the node make it a good site for new commercial and <br /> industrial development. <br /> 12 <br />