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APPLICANT: Fuel will be stored in 6 underground, double-walled, <br />concrete encased, constantly monitored tanks each with a capacity of <br />40,000 gallons for a total capacity of 240,000 gallons. <br /> <br />COUNTY STAFF: <br />L. What signage is proposed for this project? Are you really proposing a 100 ft. tall <br />sign? This is inconsistent with the rural nature of Efland. <br />APPLICANT: The original submittal included the Applicant’s standard hi - <br />rise sign height of 100’. The purpose of the sign height is to provide the <br />interstate traveler, traveling at high speeds, with enough notice to see the <br />sign, change lanes, and maneuver safely to the exit. Subsequent to the <br />initial application, a balloon test was conducted to best determine the <br />appropriate height of the sign. That test concluded that a height of 80’ is <br />sufficient. The application has not yet been updated but the revised <br />submittal will reflect a height limit of 80’. <br /> <br />COUNTY STAFF: <br />M. Several general comment(s) were made that Efland is a rural community that this <br />project will severely impact. <br />APPLICANT: The subject property is located immediately adjacent to <br />Highway 40/85, one of the most heavily traveled roadways in our state, at <br />a highly traveled connection to Highway 70. The subject property is <br />designated as a Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node on the <br />Future Land Use Map in the Orange County Comprehensive Plan. The <br />Comprehensive Plan defined Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity <br />Nodes as follows: “[l]and near major transportation routes that could be <br />provided with public water and wastewater services and is appropriated <br />for retail and other commercial uses, manufacturing and other industrial <br />uses; offices and limited (not to exceed 25% of any Node) higher density <br />residential uses.” Similarly, the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan <br />encourages “Mixed Use” in the southeast portion of the planning area. <br />Change is planned and appropriate for this area. <br /> <br />N. Several individuals made the comment they were supportive of development, <br />and the need for additional non-residential development to lessen the tax burden <br />on residential property owners. These individuals, however, do not believe a 120 <br />pump gas station is what should occur to address this need. <br />APPLICANT: The subject property is currently zoned Office/Research and <br />Manufacturing (O/RM) with the Upper Eno Protected Watershed <br />Protection Overlay District, the Major Transportation Corridor Overlay and <br />the Efland Interstate Overlay District. A wide variety of land uses are <br />permitted in O/RM district including, all as shown on Table 5.2 entitled the <br />“Table of Permitted Uses” in the UDO. A sample of uses permitted in the <br />O/RM district is listed below: <br />81