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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />WORK SESSION <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 19, 2003 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Buckhorn EDD Proposed Amendments for August 25 Public Hearing <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />• Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use <br />Table <br />• EDD Permitted Use Table <br />• Amended Permitted Use Table for <br />Hillsborough Area EDD <br />• I-85/Buckhorn Road EDD Map <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Dianne Reid, ext 2326 <br />Gene Bell, ext 2589 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />Chapel Hill <br />Durham <br />Mebane <br />732-8181 <br />968-4501 <br />688-7331 <br />336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To review a proposed amendment to the permitted use table for the I-85/ <br />Buckhorn Road Economic Development District (Buckhorn EDD) scheduled for the <br />August 25 Quarterly Public Hearing. <br />BACKGROUND: A proposed amendment to Article 6.29.3 of the Zoning Ordinance <br />in the Buckhorn EDD was presented at the November 25, 2002 quarterly public <br />hearing. The EDD is comprised of 845 acres, all classified as Primary Development <br />Area. The amendment (which was not adopted) was examining approximately 530 <br />acres south of I-85. The Permitted Use Table in the Economic Development Districts <br />Design Manual contains an extensive list of "Primary" land uses, which, depending on <br />their intensity, are permitted by: <br />• County staff following review and approval; <br />• the Board of Adjustment (Class B) following a public hearing; or <br />• the Board of County Commissioners (Class A) following a public hearing. <br />A re-examination of all uses in the area is warranted based upon the inactivity over <br />eight years and developing a mixture of compatible and supporting uses that may <br />enhance the potential of the area. <br />A use not listed in Primary EDD is "Schools, elementary, middle, and high." However, <br />vocational schools are permitted as a Class A use in the Primary EDD and staff is <br />suggesting that public schools are also similarly compatible. <br />Geographically, the portion of the EDD south of I-40/85 is independent of areas in the <br />