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~UV <br />ED-FLX Economic Development -Office/Flex <br />PD-ED-FLX Planned Development-Economic Development-Office Flex <br />ED-LNO Economic Development -Linear Office <br />PD-ED-LNO Planned Development-Economic Development-Linear Office <br />ED-O Economic Development - Offiice <br />PD-ED-O Planned Development-Economic Development-Office <br />PD-ED-MU Planned Development-Economic Development-Mixed Use <br />Section 1 of the proposed ardinance creates the subdistricts, sets the dimensional requirements and <br />provides the application criteria for each subdistrict. <br />Section 2 of the proposed ardinance is a housekeeping item that refers users to the Economic <br />Development Design Manual for development standards. <br />Section 3 of the proposed ordinance changes the name of the I~0/Old NC 86 Economic Development <br />District to the Hillsborough Area Economic Development District within the text of the EDD Design <br />Manual. <br />2 <br />Section 4 of the proposed ordinance allows a rewrite of the section of the EDD Design Manual for the <br />Primary and Secondary Areas. The new subdistricts have standards and an associated table of <br />permitted uses that sets.forth the types of uses that will be allowed in the Hillsborough Area EDD. The <br />old classification of primary and secondary areas will not be needed under the subdistrict approach. <br />Section 5 of the proposed ordinance provides the requirements of Planned Developments within the new <br />Hillsborough Area EDD. This section creates the Master Development Plan approach for large projects <br />(2D acres and over) using a Planned Development district with a project Special Use Permit, Class A. <br />The Master Development Plan sets the perimeters of uses, buffers, roadways, environmental concerns <br />in the special use permit. No development can occur on the site with only a Master Development Plan <br />approval. A Final Development Plan, with a higher degree of detail, and. a Special Use Permit, Class A <br />would have to be approved for all tracts over 2.0 acres and/or structure(s) cumulatively over 20,000 <br />square feet before development on the site could commence. Far sites 2.0 acres and less and/or <br />structures 2D,DD0 square feet and less the Planning Director has final approval authority. Additional, <br />reasonable conditions not addressed at the master plan level can be added at the Final Development <br />Plan stage. For uses permitted by right, the 2.0 acre/2D,000 square foot building threshold would <br />require a Special Use Permit, Class A if these limits are exceeded. <br />The two-phase approach provides flexibility to the County and the developer. The County is assured of <br />a certain type of development and intensity while the developer is allowed the flexibility of marketing the <br />site far specific uses and in accordance with Master Development Plan approval. <br />Should a.petitioner want to submit far a Planned Development for immediate approval the procedure <br />would fallow the Small Scale Development Plan with a Special Use Permit, Class A. This is the method <br />far planned development approvals in Orange County now. The Small Scale Development Plan and the <br />Final Development Plan will have the same level of detail provided. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact is associated with this action. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): Planning Staff recommends Approval of the proposed <br />amendments. <br />G/robert/februarv2001 PH/Abstract-subdistricts <br />