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WE <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 25, 2003. <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.2.a &b <br />SUBJECT: Buckhorn EDD Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Table <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning & Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />• Proposed Amendments to Permitted Use Craig Benedict, ext 2592 <br />Table Dianne Reid, ext 2326 <br />• EDD Permitted Use Table Gene Bell, ext 2589 <br />• Amended Permitted Use Table for <br />Hillsborough Area EDD TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />1 -85 /Buckhorn Road EDD Map r Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hi_lI 968 -4501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336- 227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive comment on proposed amendments to the permitted use <br />table for the 1 -85/ Buckhorn Road Economic Development District (Buckhorn EDD) to <br />correct a text error and consider possible changes in use. <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 of Adjustment 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 1 -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 />• the Board of Adjustment (Class B) following a public hearing; or <br />GXomprehensive Planning Div \GENE\2003 Public Hearings\Aug 25\Buckhom EDD PH Abstract.doc <br />