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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE <br />OF ORANGE COUNTY <br />THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ORANGE COUNTY ORDAINS THAT THE <br />ORANGE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE IS AMENDED AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Adding a new Section 2.16, as follows. Subsequent sections shall be re-numbered <br />appropriately. <br />2.16 Entranceway Special Use District <br />a) There is hereby established an Entranceway Special Use (ESU) district. The purpose of this <br />district is to provide for the development of well planned and fully integrated projects <br />containing a diverse mixture of commercial, office, and employment uses along the primary <br />entrances to the Town of Hillsborough. <br />b) The ESU district shall be a special use district authorized under N.C.G.S. 160A-382. As <br />such, property may be placed within this district only in response to a petition by the <br />owner(s) of the property to be included. <br />c) Froperty may be rezoned to the ESU district only when the property proposed for such <br />rezoning: <br />1) Is adjacent to and has frontage along a street classified as an arterial or higher that <br />leads into the Hillsborough area; and <br />2) If so located in relationship to existing or proposed public streets that traffic <br />generated by the development of the tract proposed for rezoning can be <br />accommodated without endangering the public health, safety, or welfaze; and <br />3) Will be served by Hillsborough water and sewer lines when developed. <br />d) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the discretion of the board of commissioners to <br />deny an application to rezone property to an ESU district if it determines that the proposed <br />rezoning is not in the public interest. <br />e) When an ESU rezoning application is submitted (in accordance with Section 20 of this <br />ordinance). The applicant shall simultaneously submit either (i) a special use permit <br />application for a specific use or combination of uses listed as Special Uses in the Table of <br />permissible Uses for the ESU district in accordance with the Special Use Permit provisions <br />in this ordinance, or (ii) an application for approval of a master plan for a planned or mixed <br />use development of at least 20 acres in size. <br />1) The master plan shall show, through a combination of graphic means and text <br />(including without limitation proposed conditions to be included in the special use <br />permit for the proposed development): <br />a. The location, types, and maximum floor azeas and impervious surface azeas <br />far non-residential uses; <br />b. The location and orientation of buildings, parking azeas, recreational <br />facilities, and open spaces; <br />c. Access and circulation systems for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians; <br />d. How the development plans to use design and architectural controls as well as <br />screening and landscaping to ensure that the design flexibility provided in <br />this district produces a high quality development. Colors shall be diverse and <br />harmonious and a palette of colors shall be submitted for approval. One color <br />