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ISSUE: The septic system for the commercial operation is located on the adjacent residentially zoned property. Mr. Davis is .concerned over his continued ability to have a septic system for his commercial operation on the residentially zoned parcel. In 1995, the property owner sought to rezone the four paint seven (4.7) acre residentially zoned parcel to Agricultural Services (AS). The request was denied. According to the applicant one (1) of the rationales for this decision was the location of the septic system for the commercially zoned property on the subject lot. PROPOSAL: The applicant would like to rezone a portion of the four point seven (4.7) acre parcel of property and then create a new lot, zoned NC-2, approximately one point six (1.6) acres in size to accommodate the commercial building and the required septic system/repair area. See the map and site sketches in Attachment 3 for the location of this request. 4. REZONING of several properties along Old NC Highway 86 from Economic Development - Limited Office One (ED-LO-1) to Economic Development Linear Officer (ED-LNR): INITIATED BY: Staff BACKGROUND: During this past summer, staff began to take a comprehensive look at existing development regulations concerning the Hillsborough Economic Development District. Specifically, staff began to re-evaluate the zoning of several properties on the west side of Old NC 86 (please refer to the map in Attachment 4 for further detail). The properties in question are zoned Economic Development -Limited Office One (ED-LO- 1) According to the Hillsborough Area Economic Development District Design Manual (hereafter `Design Manual'), the purpose of the ED-LO-1 district is to: ' ... accommodate low intensity ofFce uses and supporting services.' ISSUE: When the Hillsborough EDD was modified in early 2003 the goal was to encourage the adaptive reuse of existing residential structures to preserve the existing local aesthetic. In July of 2008 Staff determined that the original recommendation for the zoning of several properties was Economic Development Linear Officer (ED-LNR) and not ED-LO-1. This designation would have afforded greater flexibility with respect to encouraging the adaptive reuse of single-family residential structures to support non-residential developments. This point is further supported by language contained within Section 1.0 General Overview of the Hillsborough EDD portion of the Economic Development Districts Design Manual. According to this section, the Future Lane Use designation for property west of Old NC 86 and south of the credit. union was supposed to be a mixture of ED-LNR and Office/Flex (EDD-FLX). PROPOSAL: Staff is proposing to rezone several small properties west of Old NC 86 from ED-LO-1 to ED-LNR in an attempt to encourage the adaptive reuse of existing single-family residential structures. The properties proposed for rezoning are designated with a black dot on the map in Attachment 4. 5. ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: Review of Zoning Ordinance Amendments, specifically to the Economic Development Design Manual, to revise existing buffer regulations.