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005 <br /> July 30 1983 <br /> August 17, 1983 <br /> October 5, 1983 <br /> 3 e . ORANGE couNry PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br /> HILLSBOROUGEt October 10, 1983 MI <br /> NO CAROLENA. Board approval <br /> 27276 revisions *) <br /> .0,04 <br /> ....41111.111h: <br /> kri:ill• <br /> .W1,1144 <br /> t e <br /> 711, <br /> HARMON YOUNG STUDY AREA <br /> NARRATIVE <br /> The Board of Commissioners adopted the Land Use Plan for Orange County <br /> in Septeq)er, 1981 . A major concept of the adopted Plan is the designati <br /> of commercial and/or industrial activity nodes of various types and sizes <br /> at major intersections in the County. As part of the on-going process of <br /> refining the Land Use Plan, it was intended that the designated activity <br /> * .nodes could be subject to further scrutiny and refinement by the Plannino <br /> * Staff and Board as area studies. Therefore, a number of <br /> area studies were included in the Planning Department's work program. Du <br /> to consid rable development activity in the vicinity of the 1-85 and new <br /> 1 hiC 86 interchange, designated in the adopted Land Use Plan as the HB-4 <br /> Harmon Yqung Commercial Transition activity node, the Board of Commission <br /> on January 4, 1983, following consideration of the Piedmont Power propose <br /> amendmen to the Land Use Plan, rezoning and special use permit, directed <br /> the Planding Department to review and revise the adopted plan for the <br /> HB-4 activity node as the priority area study. <br /> The stud , hereafter to be referred to as the Harmon Young Area Study, <br /> is currently underway. The study area includes the area in Hillsborough <br /> Eno Townships generally defined by the Eno River in the north; Lawrence <br /> and Colonial Hills subdivision in the east; Duke Forest - Eno Division <br /> 1 <br /> in the south; and Cornwallis Hills subdivision, Flint Ridge Apartments an <br /> NC 86 in the west. Portions of the Town of Hillsborough and the Town's <br /> extraterritorial planning jurisdiction are included in the study area. 1 <br /> areas will be considered throughout the study period in cooperation with <br /> Town of Hillsborough which has indicated an interest in and desire to wor <br /> with the County regarding development south of the Town. The remaining <br /> portions of the study area are under the jurisdiction of the County. <br /> Considerable effort was made to inform and involve as many residents <br /> of the study area, as well as any other interested individuals and groups <br /> the development of the area plan for the study area Appendix A contains <br /> schedule of events for the Harmon Young Area Study. <br /> Since the January 4, 1983 directive from the Board of Commsioners, the P1 <br />