Agenda - 05-15-1990 (2) - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

2 areas have created additional pressures andndemands for commercial development serving the needs of the The road network in Orange County is focused on the urban and urbanized areas of the County as evidenced in the Highway Classification System Map. Major roads throughout the County provide access to and link the with the Towns of H rural areas of the County 4�1sNCr8fig and CSR 100411 and Carrboro. The newly- completed Interstate , (Old NC 86) link Hillsborough with the Chapel Hill- Carrboro urbanizing area. In addition to providing intra- county service, inter - county service linking Orange County residential areas with employment centers in Durham, Research Triangle Par k and Raleigh is7181�MteSinainRoad)�� US 15/501, NC 54, NC 1737 (Erwin Road),and NC As Orange County is characterized by a negative net commutation pattern, with Orange County residents employed outside the County the numbering more than non - residents employed in ttoatheseoemployment adequacy of the road network providing a ccess centers is particularly important. In turn, the existing road network influences and encourages residential /workplace dispersion, both within Orange County and between Orange County adjacent containing important employment centers, by facilitating commutation patterns. Already, Interstate 40 has significantaccess to impacted the existing traffic patterns by providing greater major traffic generators and encouraging potential development in areas adjacent to the route. The relationship between residential and commercial uses throughout the County is a bit more problematic, particularly in the fringe areas just outside the urban and urbanizing portion of the County along heavily - traveled roads. These roads are subject to the sprawl of commercial activities in an unsightly manner along ofloommerc stretches of the road. In rural areas, however, the provision activities in appropriate locations to serve.the needs of local residents is important to satisfy quality of life concerns and minimize the adverse effects of the relative isolation of these residents from major population centers in the County. The goals and policies of the Orange County Land Use Element seek to focus commercial activities in a concentrated manner at and near the intersections of important highways and roads, thereby providing for the needs of the local residents and minimizing the inconvenient, land consuming and unsightly sprawl of such uses along the transportation system. Certain important intersections in the County have been designated activity nodes at which non - residential development of various types anarying levels eseof intensity would b permitted within a given distance iod access en then the transportation system would serve to provide g directed at activities and would support the land use Policies achieving the pattern of development desired in the County.