Planning Board - 081920 Agenda Packet

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D R A F T Matt Peach: That’s correct, the other hours of the day we’re forecasting much less traffic. What NCDOT requires us 1279 to do is basically run the traffic study imagining that a shift change or some other operation were to occur during the 1280 rush hour on the road already. So, kind of trying to get that worst-case scenario, that’s what we ended up studying. 1281 We didn’t study any of the off-peaks where traffic would be less both at the development and along the roads within 1282 the study area.1283 1284 David Blankfard: Ok, on this slide that is being shown at the service road there is a right out only so how do the 1285 trucks get to I-40?1286 1287 Matt Peach: That’s correct. The back and forth that we are currently having with NCDOT right now is NCDOT had 1288 expressed concerns over whether queues at the interchange would extend past the service road and what they had 1289 requested we analyze and those are the numbers I was just quoting you, would be if left turns were prohibited out of 1290 the service road and if that traffic were relocated down to Davis but to get back over to Old NC 86 for that 1000 feet. 1291 That’s why you see that right turn there, that was at the request of NCDOT.1292 1293 David Blankfard: So the trucks leave the service road they take a right on Old 86 they go down to Old 86 and how do 1294 they turn back around?1295 1296 Matt Peach: So trucks would go through the site, they would exit at Davis go to Old NC 86 that way.1297 1298 David Blankfard: Ok, so they would go through, ok. They wouldn’t be exiting from the service road the trucks would 1299 be diverted towards David Road and then they take a left on Old 86 towards I-40.1300 1301 Matt Peach: That’s correct.1302 1303 Melissa Poole: So, with regards to manufacturing and the laboratory, I’m sorry to jump back to this, when we went 1304 through the list of prohibited, and this might be a question for Craig and Michael Harvey, when we went through the 1305 list of prohibited businesses, I did not see like biodefence or anything like that in that list. So, if it doesn’t come back 1306 to Planning Board once we go through this and it doesn’t go to Board of County Commissioners everything just kind 1307 of goes through. What are the protections for residents, not just nearby but Orange County in general, for things like 1308 insuring biodefence manufacturing in there or biodefence research is going in there?1309 1310 David Blankfard: I think the building codes, I’m not, hopefully, I’m not speaking out of turn Michael. I think the 1311 building codes would limit the amount of toxic chemicals and based on what is going on there. That would be …1312 1313 Melissa Poole: It doesn’t have to be chemical, it could be research on Corona, it could be research on, you know, it 1314 doesn’t have to emit a toxic chemical. You see what I’m saying?1315 1316 David Blankfard: Then it wouldn’t be lethal, right? If they’re just doing research? 1317 1318 Melissa Poole: I have a client in Maryland who’s doing the vaccine for COVID and everybody in the company’s got 1319 COVID. I’m just telling you.1320 1321 Michael Harvey: This is Michael Harvey, let me just provide Ms. Poole an answer. The permitted uses that the 1322 applicant put in their narrative are various categories with sample uses, and then they have a prohibited use list. The 1323 direct answer to your question is if a proposed activity falls into those general uses and is similar to the uses listed as 1324 the example, much like the current County’s Table of Permitted Uses, you could have an activity that is consistent 1325 with research and development that, not to make a judgement call, you may not necessarily find viable as others but 1326 it could go because you’re allowing research and development. We wouldn’t have the authority to say no you can’t 1327 do that. David is correct there would be building and other regulatory standards that the applicant would have to 1328 comply with but if they meet the standard proposed by the applicant and approved by the County Commissioners, the 1329 staff would not have the authority to prohibit it if it falls in that category. That would be the same answer with the 1330 current Table of Permitted Uses. If you are proposing for example, a rec amenity and while you as an adjacent 1331 property may not like amenity someone has chosen, if we have the broad category and it meets that requirement and 1332 criteria then it goes, it’s permitted as a rec amenity. The Planning Board and County Commissioners wouldn’t have 1333 any ability to, I hate to use the word challenge but I’m going to, whether or not the validity of that land use is 1334 26