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Article 5: Uses 171 <br /> Section 5.7: Standards for Recreational Uses <br /> (1-0)(2) A 200-foot landscape and conservation buffer/easement shall be established <br /> along all other property perimeters. The entire forest canopy shall be actively <br /> maintained and managed at all height levels as a semi-opaque, intermittent <br /> visual buffer. Land use buffers may be modified to improve their appearance, <br /> functions and overall condition. Permitted modifications may include <br /> reforestation, woodland management, landscape enhancement, or stream buffer <br /> protection. <br /> 41)(3) Existing and proposed signage shall comply with Section 6.12 of this Ordinance. <br /> (12)(4)The facility owner shall demonstrate compliance with Section 6.9 of this <br /> Ordinance and, specifically, complete the following: <br /> (a) Properly define and delineate the parking and travel lanes on the <br /> property, and <br /> (b) Define and delineate emergency vehicle access points and fire lanes on <br /> the property. <br /> (1-3)(5)The facility owner shall work with NCDOT to complete a traffic intersection <br /> analysis for access points along any state-maintained road or highway to <br /> determine need for access improvements such as left turn lanes or deceleration <br /> lanes. <br /> 44)(6)The facility owner shall work with NCDOT, the State Highway Patrol, and County <br /> officials to address traffic management issues to coordinate acceleration and <br /> deceleration lanes at approved entrance and exit points on the property during <br /> major events. <br /> (I-S)MThe facility owner shall work with NCDOT and County officials to post proper <br /> signage on the property directing traffic through a one-way ingress and egress <br /> location. <br /> (W(>)A litter collection and recycling system shall be developed throughout the <br /> grounds and at all points of egress. During events facility employees shall <br /> remove trash from the receptacles in a timely manner. <br /> (47)(9) All new facilities shall install noise abatement systems to ensure compliance with <br /> applicable County noise regulations. For existing facilities, the property <br /> owner/managers shall provide a noise abatement system to reduce sustained <br /> noise levels at the property lines to the lowest practical level. To accomplish this <br /> goal, the owners/managers have the option of employing, either singly or in <br /> combination, any of the following: <br /> (a) Requiring all competition vehicles to have functional noise mufflers <br /> attached at all times; <br /> (b) Installing a system of noise baffles, berms, or walls on the perimeter of <br /> the racetrack facility incorporated into the design and placement of any <br /> lighting system and viewing stands, and/or <br /> (c) Depressing the elevation of the raceway track surface, or <br /> (d) Some other innovative noise abatement system. <br /> 48) 10 Limits on racing activities shall be such that no race shall extend beyond 11:00 <br /> p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, or beyond 9:00 p.m. on other evenings. <br /> Practice activities shall not commence before 10:00 a.m. on any day and shall <br /> cease by 9:00 p.m. <br /> (1-9) 11 All external lighting fixtures shall comply with Orange County lighting standards <br /> (Section 6.11). <br /> (20)(12)No storage of hazardous materials shall be permitted, except for racing fuel and <br /> lubricants. Such material storage areas shall be enclosed and posted and the <br /> Orange County Fire Marshal shall approve a pollution incident prevention plan for <br /> Orange County, North Carolina—Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-94 <br />