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I-85 Buckhorn Road District* The I-85/Buckhorn Road Economic Development District is comprised of 845 acres located on O ~ 3 the northeast and southeast quadrants of the interstate interchange. This acreage is distributed among the three principal land use categories in the schematic plan as follows: Primary Development Area 5~ 203 Acres Primary Open Space Area 55= Secondary Development Area 424 Acres Secondary Open Space Area 105 Acres Rights-of-Way 29 58 Acres Access to interior of the northern portion of the district is proposed through the extension of a service road being constructed as part of the I-85/1-40 widening. The service road will terminate on the west side of Buckhorn Road, and any collector road extended to serve the district must align with it. All of the lots in the southern quadrant have direct frontage on either West Ten Road or Buckhorn Road. The number of access points onto Buckhorn Road and West Ten Road should be minimized by creating internal access roads where possible. The extent to which internal access roads are feasible and the points at which internal roads would intersect with West Ten Road, will depend in part on which lot(s) is (are) first developed, and how lots are combined as development occurs. Transit access is also proposed through apark-and-ride lot or similar facility located in the northern quadrant; with access to both rail and thoroughfare systems. A sidewalk along Buckhorn Road to provide access between the transit station and the southern quadrant will be needed. Design criteria for these systems are presented in Section 3.3, Circulation and Parking. Land uses in and adjacent to the district range from single family residential to a variety of non- residential uses. The Southern Railroad crosses the district as does a Duke Power transmission line and a Public Service Company gas pipeline. The area is also served by the Orange-Alamance Water Corporation, and sewer service would be available through extension of the Efland sewer system owned by Orange County. The district is characterized by gently rolling topography with few building constraints. However, .soils unsuited for development are found along intermittent streams which -flow south beneath 1- 40/1-85 to join Seven-mile Creek, a tributary of the Eno River. Because of its location on the western edge'of the Upper Eno Watershed, land uses in the district are subject to watershed protection standards governing impervious surface and the control of stormwater. The total amount of impervious surface covered by buildings and parking lots is limited to 70% of a building site. As shown on the schematic plan, stormwater control for multiple sites may be provided through construction of several detention basins, located along individual streams draining the district, particularly an the north side of the interstate (as shown on the schematic plan). Alternatively, a larger, single detention basin could be constructed on the south side of 1- 85 at or below the confluence of the streams. Detention basins may also be constructed on individual sites. Impervious surface limits and standards for detention basin construction and maintenance are discussed further in Section 2.3 -Land Intensity and Appendix C -Wet Detention Basin Standards, respectively. *Amended 8/20/96 Economic Development District Design Manual Page 2.1.3a