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Attachment 3 <br />Small Area Plan Implementation <br />(Gray Shaded Items are '09-'10 Work Plan as Approved by BOCC on August 24, 2009) <br />[Explanatory Comments in Red Added by Planning Staff September 2012; updated October 2013 and October <br />2015] <br />*Priorities provided per work of Efland-Mebane Implementation Focus Group. <br />Efland-Mebane*Eno EDD NC 57 Speedway <br />Small Area Plan Reccommendations <br />Bike lanes - County to <br />communicate to DOT <br />Evaluate feasibility of bike lanes <br />along Old NC10 and US70 - <br />shoulder has been widened, <br />although not an official bike lane <br />Sidewalk plan and sidewalks in <br />new developments - HIGH priority - <br />the BOCC considered "the <br />sidewalk issue" at a work session <br />in October 2011 and decided that <br />the County will not be "in the <br />sidewalk business" unless existing <br />limitations in funding and <br />maintenance in DOT <br />Rules/Procedures are revised <br />Complete a streetscape plan <br />(trees) - HIGH priority - while not a <br />formal plan, provision for trees in <br />buffers and landscaping was <br />included in the zoning overlay <br />districts adopted in April 2015 <br />Preserve possibility for a <br />commuter train station <br />Preserve possibility for a <br />commuter train station <br />Provide bus service to area - a <br />Mebane/Efland/Durham bus route <br />began service in 2015 <br />Provide bus service to area - <br />being considered through the <br />transporation planning process <br />Mace Rd planned to connect <br />through Lebanon - County to <br />communicate to DOT <br />Plan an Interstate pedestrian <br />overpass <br />Complete a Buckhorn Rd Access <br />Management Plan - MEDIUM <br />HIGH priority - COMPLETE <br />Adopt access management <br />program for US70 & Old NC10 - <br />Adopted in November 2014 <br />Complete an Access Management <br />Plan for NC57 corridor <br />Housing Consider expedited review or <br />density bonuses for developments <br />offering smaller homes <br />Consider expedited review or <br />density bonuses for developments <br />offering smaller homes <br />Require a percentage of new <br />homes within a subdivision to be <br />affordable <br />Require a percentage of new <br />homes within a subdivision to be <br />affordable <br />Examine strategies to preserve <br />affordablity through neighborhood <br />preservation. <br />Existing residential dwellings shall <br />not be made non-conforming <br />under any new zoning designation <br /> 105