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Approved 11/01/2017 21 come to the Planning Department to meet with him on concerns around the development of her property so that he 1056 can provide the best information, instead of answering individual questions about her property at this meeting. 1057 1058 Lydia Wegman agreed that the best thing to do is to contact the Planning Department and setup a meeting with Mr. 1059 Harvey about both of the issues she raised. 1060 1061 Tony Blake said that he sympathizes with her about the snakes. 1062 1063 Craig Benedict agreed that for those specific cases, it is best to meet with Staff at the Planning Department. 1064 1065 Debra Markley said that she also lived off of Davis Rd. She said that she frequently walks on Davis Rd. in order to 1066 get to another development to be able to walk for a distance. She said that with the increased traffic that is trying to 1067 get to Orange Grove Rd., she worries that the area will not be walkable or safe with even more traffic. She is also 1068 concerned about light from the development as well as sound issues. She moved to her community 19 years ago and 1069 she has seen development now where areas are clear-cut to make way for Waterstone (mixed residential) and for 1070 development with the Sportsplex. She is most concerned about development with District 1 with furniture and textile 1071 factories and chemical uses. These uses really concern her. She asked that the Board to take a month to study this. 1072 1073 Randy Marshall asked how long ago the area was established as an Economic Development Zoning District. 1074 1075 Michael Harvey said that it was established in the late ‘80s. The Hillsborough Economic Development District was 1076 created as it currently exists in the mid to late ‘90s. 1077 1078 Randy Marshall said that it sounded like the possibilities for many of these uses have been there for 20 to 30 years. 1079 1080 Michael Harvey clarified that there are land uses as part of this application that are currently are not allowed. He said 1081 that said land uses have been discussed in several forms with this Board and the BOCC as uses that these bodies 1082 want to see. The applicant has mirrored its application based on the proposed changes in the Table of Permitted 1083 Uses. There are aspects of this project that are currently permitted. If the question is, could there be some type of 1084 industrial operation in this project, the answer is yes. Would it be reviewed under the current confines of the UDO? 1085 Yes. This area has been encouraged and promoted as a good area for heightened economic development. 1086 1087 Randy Marshall said that several people have pointed out that they know that something is coming to the area and 1088 no one wants to have their quality of life impacted by the area being developed, but the County wants to develop it. 1089 He said that the Board is trying to make the best decision about what goes into the area. 1090 1091 Michael Harvey said that it is also important to note that up until recently, there have been limitations on development 1092 in this area; most notably, lack of infrastructure. That’s about to change, he said. In a way it is inevitable that this area 1093 be used for economic development, notwithstanding utility services, and because it is one of the last interchanges in 1094 the area that has not seen appreciable development. The scarcity of land like this positioned near interchanges will 1095 make this area attractive. These are the facts but these comments are not meant to make the Board act now. He 1096 made the point again that the necessary tools to make development more possible in this area are being extended. 1097 1098 Lydia Wegman asked Michael Harvey to identify which of the uses listed on page 314 would not currently be allowed 1099 but that are being considered for inclusion in the revised Table of Permitted Uses. 1100 1101 Michael Harvey said that most of these uses on page 314 will be included in the revised Table of Permitted Uses, 1102 based on the directive Staff has from the Planning Board and the BOCC. There is not a lot of distinction, and the 1103 developer used the Table of Permitted Uses discussion to influence what the County wants to see land use-wise. In 1104 consideration of the purpose and intent of this zoning district, there could be a heightened level of industrial uses 1105 allowed, once the Table is adopted at some future date. 1106 1107