Orange County NC Website
the properties are located in the Upper Eno Protected Watershed. Due to the <br />availability of City of Mebane sewer access, no septic treatment will be required, <br />further reducing potential impacts to the surrounding waters. While these properties <br />have no direct access to transit services, the properties are immediately adjacent to <br />the Orange-Durham Connector (ODX) fixed-route transit service line and <br />accessibility could be explored in the future, if warranted by analysis. <br />• Land Use Objective LU-1.1: Coordinate the location of higher intensity / high density <br />residential and non-residential development with existing or planned locations of <br />public transportation, commercial and community services, and adequate supporting <br />infrastructure (i.e., water and sewer, high-speed internet access, streets, and <br />sidewalks), while avoiding areas with protected natural and cultural resources. This <br />could be achieved by increasing allowable densities and creating new mixed-use <br />zoning districts where adequate public services are available. <br /> <br />The Efland Village Zoning Overlay District, which is defined in the UDO as “…an <br />urban village style of development in an area of the county served, or intended to <br />be served, by public water and sewer systems.” The rezoning of these properties <br />will enable their redevelopment for commercial purposes, which is how they have <br />been historically used, so that they may better serve the needs of the Efland <br />community. Redevelopment of existing impervious area will result in no new <br />impacts to the watershed or receiving waters, should the redevelopment occur <br />within this existing impervious area. Development exceeding that developed area <br />would be subject to regulation under the County’s stormwater and water supply <br />watershed regulations; the properties are located in the Upper Eno Protected <br />Watershed. Due to the availability of City of Mebane sewer access, no septic <br />treatment will be required, further reducing potential impacts to the surrounding <br />waters. While these properties have no direct access to transit services, the <br />properties are immediately adjacent to the Orange-Durham Connector (ODX) fixed- <br />route transit service line and accessibility could be explored in the future, if <br />warranted by analysis. All development standards required by the UDO will be <br />applied to any applications for construction on these properties, serving many of the <br />stated objective purposes. <br /> <br />• Land Use Goal 2: Land uses that are appropriate to on-site environmental conditions <br />and features, and that protect natural resources, cultural resources, and community <br />character. <br /> <br />The rezoning of these properties will enable their redevelopment for commercial <br />purposes, which is how they have been historically used, so that they may better <br />serve the needs of the Efland community. Redevelopment of existing impervious area <br />will result in no new impacts to the watershed or receiving waters, should the <br />redevelopment occur within this existing impervious area. Development exceeding <br />that developed area would be subject to regulation under the County’s stormwater <br />and water supply watershed regulations; the properties are located in the Upper Eno <br />Protected Watershed. Due to the availability of City of Mebane sewer access, no <br />septic treatment will be required, further reducing potential impacts to the surrounding <br />waters. <br /> <br />By supporting the rezoning and redevelopment of these properties in Efland, the <br />owners can provide for goods and services in an area designated to do so, filling a <br />84