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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 1, 2003 <br />Action Agen <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT• Buckhorn EDD -Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Table <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />• Attachment 1 -Proposed Amendments <br />to Permitted Use Table <br />• Attachment 2 -Question/Comment and <br />Responses from Public Hearing <br />• Attachment 3 -EDD Permitted Use Table <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext. 2592 <br />Dianne Reid, ext. 2326 <br />Gene Bell, ext. 2589 <br />• Attachment 4 -Amended Permitted Use TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Table for Hillsborough Area EDD Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />• Attachment 5 - I-85/Buckhorn Road EDD Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Map Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider correction of a text error in the EDD Design Manual and to <br />consider adoption of proposed amendments to the Permitted Use Table for the I-85/ <br />Buckhorn Road Economic Development District (Buckhorn EDD). <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Correction of Text Error <br />The heading on each page of the Permitted Use Table (see Attachment 2) in the EDD <br />Design Manual contains the following text regarding special use permits: "...or by the <br />Board ofAdjustment as a Class A Special Use ("B'~." "Class A" should be amended to <br />read "Class B" since this is the type of permit issued by the Board of Adjustment. <br />Review of Permitted Uses and Approval Processes <br />A proposed amendment to Article 6.29.3 of the Zoning Ordinance in the Buckhorn <br />EDD was presented at the November 25, 2002 quarterly public hearing. The EDD is <br />comprised of 845 acres; all classified as Primary Development Area. The amendment <br />(which was not adopted) was examining approximately 530 acres south of I-85. <br />The Permitted Use Table in the Economic Development Districts Design Manual <br />contains an extensive list of "Primary" land uses, which depending on their intensity, <br />are permitted by: <br />• County staff following review and approval; <br />