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2 <br /> <br />In order to better promote economic development opportunities and help preserve <br />planned sewer capacities for non-residential uses, the Planning Director is <br />suggesting consideration of amendments to the Town of Hillsborough/Orange <br />County Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use Plan (a.k.a Joint Land Use <br />Plan), the Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map, and the <br />Orange County Zoning Atlas south of Interstate 40 in the vicinity of Old Highway 86. <br /> <br />2. Analysis <br />PROPOSED CHANGES <br /> <br />Town of Hillsborough/Orange County Central Orange Coordinated Area Land Use <br />Plan (Attachment 1-1) – 16 Parcels (in whole/in part); 84-Acres <br /> <br />From: N/A - Not previously within the Town’s Urban Service Boundary and <br />therefore, not covered by the original Joint Land Use Plan. <br /> <br />To: Employment - These areas include a wide range of business, light industrial, <br />office, research and development, along with related/support services uses <br />including restaurants, small scale retail and convenience shopping/services. <br />Buildings and uses will be sited to limit the visual impact of service and <br />warehousing operations, while still providing convenience for business <br />functionality. These areas are in prime locations with good access to major road <br />networks (where capacity exists or is planned) and rail if needed and should be <br />reserved for high return employment generating uses. <br /> <br />Orange County Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map (Attachment 1-2) – <br />20 Parcels (in whole/in part); 89-Acres <br /> <br />From: Rural Residential - Land in the rural areas of the County which is <br />appropriate for low intensity and low-density residential development and which <br />would not be dependent on urban services during the plan period. <br /> <br />To: Economic Development (Transition) Activity Node - Land in areas of the <br />County which has been specifically targeted for economic development activity <br />consisting of light industrial, distribution, office, service/retail uses, and flex space <br />(typically one-story buildings designed, constructed, and marketed as suitable for <br />use as offices but able to accommodate other uses such as a warehouse, <br />showroom, manufacturing assembly, or similar operations.) Such areas are <br />located adjacent to interstate and major arterial highways, and subject to special <br />design criteria and performance standards. <br /> <br />Orange County Zoning Atlas (Attachment 1-3) - 16 Parcels (in whole/in part); 81.4- <br />Acres <br />From: Rural Residential, R-1 - Provides locations for rural non-farm residential <br />development, at very low intensities, in areas where the short and long-term <br />solutions to domestic water supply and sewage disposal shall be individual wells <br />and ground absorption system. <br /> <br /> 233