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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 12, 2000 Action Agenda Item No. e. ~. ~ SUBJECT: Amendments to the Orange County Economic Development District (EDD) Design Manual DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC NEARING: (Y/N) YES ATTACHMENT(S): EDD Design Outline EDD Design Checklist INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Benedict, Planning Director, ext 2592 Robert P. Davis, Planner III, ext 2580 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To amend the Orange County Economic Development District (EDD) Design Manual related to the I-40/Old NC$6 and I-$5/NC86 economic development district BACKGROUND: The Orange County/Hillsborough Economic Development Districts Task Force has been working since February of this year on zoning districts that would permit certain uses by right and some uses through a special use rezoning and special use permit process. The manual is proposed to be amended by deleting mathematical intensity ratios and replacing them with objective checklist standards with subjective and supporkive guidelines. These amendments include abridging and revising the manual to cite more objective standards of review in the areas of performance standard, landscaping, buffers, parking, lighting, setbacks and architecture. These standards would be used in site plan review of EDD/Limited Office Districts as well as future EDD special use zoning districts. The EDD Design Manual will still be in effect for the two other county EDD districts in the I-85/Buckhorn area and I-85/US70 Eastern Orange area. In these latter two areas, the existing code permits economic development projects to be submitted, reviewed and approved by staff in accordance with the manual. These areas are under separate review. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None at this time.