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This information was distributed at the April 7, 2014 Public Information Meeting and was the basis of discussions Orange County Planning staff <br />had with a group of residents from August 2014 – January 2015. <br />Efland Interstate Overlay District <br />Easy <br />Ref. <br />No. <br />Section Number <br />in UDO <br />Revisions <br />Proposed Standard Explanation / Rationale <br />4. 6.6.3(A)(1) <br />(A) is <br />“Circulation and <br />Connectivity” <br />All site planning for property east of Mount Willing <br />Road shall take into account the need for a <br />connecting roadway between Mount Willing Road <br />and the Interstate 85/U.S. Highway 70 Connector. <br />The described roadway is depicted on the adopted Access <br />Management Plan for the area (which was done as one of the <br />implementing measures of the small area plan in addition to <br />being good planning practice to designate future access needs <br />in advance of development). Existing Section 2.5.3(V) of the <br />UDO (dealing with site plan requirements) already requires <br />compliance with adopted access management plans. This <br />proposed standard is included in the language for the <br />interstate overlay district so that users are immediately aware <br />of the requirement. <br />5. 6.6.3 (A)(2) All site planning west of Mount Willing Road shall <br />take into account: <br />(a) A possible re-alignment of Efland-Cedar Grove <br />Road under the existing railroad track to connect to <br />Mount Willing Road, as described in the adopted <br />Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan. <br />(b) The need for a connecting roadway between <br />Mount Willing Road and Buckhorn Road, as <br />depicted on the Efland-Buckhorn-Mebane Access <br />Management Plan, adopted November 11, 2011. <br />The small area plan calls for future re-alignment of Efland- <br />Cedar Grove Road under the railroad track in order to both <br />improve traffic flow and safety in the area by minimizing the <br />number of at-grade railroad crossings and to attempt to <br />ensure that emergency vehicles are not held up at the rail <br />crossing when trains are going by. Although this project is <br />likely far in the future (due to the Department of <br />Transportation [DOT] process to get projects programmed and <br />funded), it is good planning practice to anticipate future needs <br />for road right-of-way when development projects are <br />proposed and to work with developers to ensure that both <br />future needs are met and that future anticipated projects <br />disrupt development as little as possible. Standard (a) <br />achieves this idea. <br /> <br />The explanation for proposed standard (b) is the same as the <br />explanation for 6.6.3(A)(1) immediately above (“Easy <br />Reference Number” 4). <br />Page 2 of 20 <br /> <br />24