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<br />Law or-Ficls <br />COLEMAN,- GrLE'DHILL, HARGRAVE ~ PEEK <br />A PROFESSIONAL CQ1tPaRATiON <br />129 E. TItYaN ST1tF.EC <br />P. O. DRAWER 1329 <br />~~ r yEpg~7 ,('1{, NpR'i'H G4RpLi1~A 27276 <br />919-?32-2196 <br />FAX 419-T32-7997 <br />www.cghp-law.com <br />September 12, 2008 <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Moses Carey, 3r. <br />Valerie P. Foushee <br />Alice M. Gordon <br />IV11~e Nelson <br />Prange County Board of Commissioners <br />post lJffice BoX 8181 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />FRab11'HE DESK OF <br />GEO~`FILEY E GLEDHiLL <br />E.MA11s ~u11~cgL3~~~ <br />RE; Buckhorn Village PDISI1k': Scope of Board of County Commissioner Revaew <br />Dear Board Members: <br />This letter is intended to provide an outline to the Boazd of your scope of review of the <br />Buckhorn Village Plamied DevelopmendSpecial Use Permit application. <br />The standards and requirements. for the Buckhorn Economic Development District aze <br />detailed and specific. On the other hand, they permit all of the uses prescribed in the Economic <br />t The details and specifics are, generally speaking, design <br />Development Districts Manual by righ <br />standards: The big picture is that a proposed development located in the Buckhorn Economic <br />Development District maves'direetly to site plan approval so long as the development conforms <br />to all of the requirements of the Economic Development Districts Manual. Site plan review and <br />approval is conducted by the Orange County Planning staff and is intended to insure that the <br />development conforms to the regulations in place. <br />The Zoning Ordinance authorizes "planned developments: ' A Planned development <br />when approved by the Board of County Commissioners is its awn zoning district. And, the <br />Zoning Ordinance permits Planned development districts to be located in Economic <br />Development Districts. That is, within the Buckhorn Economic Development District, a unique <br />zoning district can be created via the planned development process. Tn the instant case that <br />development district will be, if approved by the Board, the Buckharn Village Planned <br />Development Economic Development District. <br />Section 7.1 of the Zoning Ordinance, in pertinent Part, states as f°llows: <br />Planned Development (PD) districts may be established for specialized purposes where <br />tracts suitable in location, area and character for the use and structures proposed are to be <br />