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• 22 . THE PUBLIC BEARING WAS CLOSED 1 . A motion was made by Commissioner Hartwell, seconded by Commissioner Halkiotis, 2 to refer this matter to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the 3 Board of Commissioners no sooner than April 3, 1989. If 5 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 6 7 8 b. Z-2-89 Public Interest Districts - See Item # D.5.a. 9 The presentation was made by Marvin Collins. In summary this item is to (1) 10 receive citizen comment on proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance text for the 11 purpose of protecting lands of public interest and (2) a proposed amendment to the 12 Zoning Atlas which apply zoning district designations and standards to land identified 13 as Public Interest Areas in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. He stated that it 14 is necessary Co zone properties designated as Public Interest Areas to comparable and 15 compatible zoning districts. The majority of land designated as Public Interest is 16 owned by Duke University. Three classes of the proposed land classification system 17 recommended in the Duke Forest report affect portions of Duke Forest in Orange County. 18 They include the following: 19 Class 1 - Permanent Research Forest 20 Class 2 - Research Project Land 21 Class 3 - Institutional Land 22 Class 4 - Residual Endowment Land 23 There are two Public Interest District zoning districts proposed. The PID-I 74 District is applied to Duke Forest lands designated as Class 1 - Permanent Research 25 Forest. The existing uses are expected to continue for at least 20 years. For those 26 areas designated Class 2 - Research 'Project and the planning horizon is less than 20 27 years and a PID-II classification is applied. Class 3 - Institutional Land is land 28 located in Durham County and earmarked for campus expansion. Class 4-Residual 29 Endowment Land would be placed in the same residential zoning classification as 30 adjoining parcels. For example, if it was surrounded by parcels zoned RB-Rural 31 Buffer, the tract would be recommended for rezoning to RB. 32 33 properties other than those owned by Duke University proposed for designation as 34 Public Interest Areas are: 35 Eno River State Park; 36 Moorefields Estate; 37 Land surrounding Corporation Lake, University Lake. and Lake Michael; 38 County-owned land at the Seven-mile Creek reservoir site; 39 UNC Botanical Gardens; and 40 Land owned by the Army Corps of Engineers in the southeast corner of 41 the County: 42 PID-I zoning is proposed for all of the above areas. 43 In addition to the rezonings Zoning Ordinance text amendments are proposed. The ,.14 amendments are summarized below. - 1. Article 4.2 - District Statements of 7ntent/Application criteria 4, Provides a detailed description of the PID-I and PID-II Districts. 47 58 2. Article 4.3 - Permitted Use Table Incorporates specific land uses permitted in the new PID districts, 50 51 3. Article 5.1.2. - Dimensional Reouirements for Non-Residential Development 52 'Reflect restrictions in lot size, minimum lot width, setbacks, height, and floor 53 54 55