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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />QUARTERLY PUBLIC HEARING ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: November 24, 2008 Action Agenda <br />Item No. C.6 <br />SUBJECT: Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment: Hillsborough Area Economic <br />-Development District (EDD) Buffer Regulations <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) Yes <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />1. Map of Hillsborough EDD Area <br />2. Map of properties with residential <br />structures <br />3. Proposed Ordinance Amendment <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Name, Phone Number <br />Craig Benedict, Director 245-2592 <br />Michael D. Harvey, Planner 245-2607 <br />PURPOSE: To hold a public hearing on a staff initiated Zoning text amendment to MWITY <br />existing landscape buffer regulations contained within Section 6.29.3a of the Orange County <br />Zoning Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND: On February 20, 2001 a public hearing was held to review a Planning. <br />Department initiated Zoning Atlas and Ordinance text amendment(s) relating to the EDD. The <br />action was an effort to implement various recommendations made by the , Orange <br />County/Hillsborough Economic Development District Task Force. As part of this process <br />several existing single-family residential structures, south of the State Employee's Credit Union <br />and north of Cornwallis Hills single-family residential subdivision, were zoned ED-LO-1 (See <br />Attachment One (1) and Two (2)). <br />Over the years, the Planning Department has received numerous requests to locate <br />professional offices within these existing residential structures. Unfortunately, the ED-LO-1 <br />zoning designation and existing landscaping regulations /standards made the adaptive reuse of <br />the existing single-family residential structures impractical. <br />Planning Staff believes there is an opportunity to modify existing landscaping standards in order <br />to allow for the adaptive reuse of existing single-family residential structures in an effort to <br />preserve and enhance the character of the area while allowing for non-residential development <br />within the Old NC 86 highway corridor, which was the intent of the land use plan. <br />PROPOSAL: Planning staff is proposing to modify existing buffer regulations to require a less <br />restrictive buffer for non-residential developments, limited to professional office uses, proposing <br />to convert existing single-family residential structures into office space. These amendments are <br />