Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
18 <br />Polite Select industrial sites in the Transition Areas on the basis of the <br />capacity of supporting systems, such as water and sewer lines and good <br />highway or rail access, and the absence of detrimental environmental or social <br />impacts. <br />Policy F.11 The following Economic Development (Transition) Activity Nodes <br />have been designated: 1-40/Old NC 86 (HB-5); I-85/Buckhom (CK-5); and I- <br />85/US70 (ENO-2). <br />C. COMPARISON OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT WITH LOCATIONAL CRITERIA <br />In analyzing an amendment to the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, <br />the requested land use category is to be evaluated far compatibility with all <br />applicable Locational Criteria from Section 3.4 of the Land Use Element. <br />In the following table, COMPLIES means that the area being evaluated is <br />compatible with the tocational criteria. 'DOES NOT COMPLY means that the area is <br />not compatible with the. locational criteria. QUESTIONABLE means that <br />compatibility cannot be assessed completely from information currently available. <br />CRITERIA ECOI~iOM1C DEYELQPII~Et~F T11iiTY OD <br />LANQ SLOPE COMPLIES: Some slopes In the 10-15% range are <br />Locatedari areaswith ~ of l~s found in the northern portion and southwest cam®r of <br />than 'l~~a grad+~: 'It+s~s t~f '1~% Area 1. However, site development and the extension of <br />or gar are pcesertt, lion carp _,;` public water and sewer should not be adversely <br />be provided thcough~proper s;d~igin~',' affected, as this part of the site would likely be <br />and cvn'structioh dices: ,"'. undeveloped. <br />HYDI~'OLOO'!t ~ COMPLIES: An intermittent stream flows southward <br />Loc~ted:outsid~ of areas w~h 1~- ~ ` about 800 feet west of NC 86. However, flood plain and <br />year flood, pt+dne ar0as and wends soils maps do not identify any 100-year floodplain or <br />are present .fie flvot# ~rrcxne erea:~ flood prone soils associated with the stream. <br />and vri~tt"ainds `exit, ~otection ~ be , <br />, <br />provided through proper si#e da~s~n" <br />and canstructivn practices_ <br />I*L©RA.AND F~-,UI~A COMPLIES: There are no Identified sites of unique or <br />Low in where det~merrhal endangered species in this area. The closest site in th® <br />developrrrant impacts on locat, State or ' Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats is <br />federally-oaf ~a~t~ed umque ~ approximately 0.7 mile to the west-northwest -site E07, <br />endangers, ~-d wrldli~ <br />~ <br />~ <br />mli <br />d ' on the west side of old NC 86 at the crossing of Cates <br />habitats a n <br />dors <br />~ <br />tigate Creek. <br />througFt"frroper ~ design a <br />consbuction pry. <br />SOILCONDITIONS . ' COMPLIES: Solis are of the Georgeville-Herndon <br />Located, in areas when g~r~eral sail' association. These are described as gently sloping and <br />conditions are suitable far dent sloping well-drained sails that have a surface layer of <br />because of gaod drainage ~ silt loam and a subsoil of clay loam, silty clay, silty clay <br />characteristibs and Iii:.: loam, and clay; found on uplands. These soils are <br />capacity fr~i' development - generally conducive to dev®Iopment posing slight to <br /> moderate building constraints. <br />h:\complan\eddplanamendmentCP-1-01.doc\2-1-01 \gb <br />