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June 30, 1983 ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT I ILLSBOROIIGA NORTH CAROLINA 27278 a. ArtL 441 Le' HARMON YOUNG STUDY AREA NARRATIVE The Board of Commissioners adopted the Land Use Plan for Orange County in September, 1981. A major concept of the adopted Plan is the designation of commercial and/or industrial activity nodes of various types and sizes at major intersections in the County. As part of the on-going process of refining the Land Use Plan, it was intended that the designated activity nodes would be subject to further scrutiny and refinement by the Planning .+staff and Board as area studies. To achieve this objective, a number of area studies were included in the Planning Department's work program. Due to conside able development activity in the vicinity of the 1-85 and new NC 86 interchange, designated in the adopted Land Use Plan as the HB-4 Harmon Young Commercial Transition activity node, the Board of Commissioners on January!if, 1983 following consideration of the Piedmont Power proposed amendment to the Land Use Plan, rezoning and special use permit, directed the Planning Deparmtment,to review and revise the adopted plan for the HB-4 activity node.as`the priority area study. The study, hereafter to be referred to as the Harmon Young Area Study, is currentlly underway. The study area includes the area in Hillsborough and Eno Townships generally defined by the Eno River in the north; Lawrence Road and Colonial Hilis subdivision in the east; Duke Forest- Eno Division in the south; and Cornwallis Hills subdivision, Flint Ridge Apartments and old NC 86 in he west. Portions of the Town of Hillsborough and the Town's extraterrit rial planning jurisdiction are included in the study area. Those areas will a considered throughout the study period in cooperation with the Town of Hillsborough which has indicated an interest in and desire to work with the County regarding development south of the Town. The remaining portions of the study area are under the jurisdiction of'the County. Considerable effort will be made to inform and involve as many residents of the study area, as well as any other interested individuals and groups, in the development of the area plan for the study area. A meeting of the Hills- borough Township Advisory Council was held on June 16, 1983 to present preliminary' information on the study area and process. On June 30, 1983, a public meeting on the area study was conducted for the general public and residents of the study area were notified by letter of the meeting and its purpose. A''!presentation was also made to the County Planning Board cn June 20, 1983. Appendix A contains the proposed schedule of events for the Harmon Young Area Study. I