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1 <br /> ORANGECOUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: August 4. 1997 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item <br /> SUBJECT: ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT <br /> Economic Development Districts Design Manual <br /> Article 2.2 - Permitted Uses (Existing Residences) <br /> DEPARTMENT: PLANNING&INSPECTIONS PUBLIC HEARING Yes_ No <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED Yes_.X_.No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Proposed Amendment Emily Cameron <br /> 5/27/97 Public Hearing Minutes Extension 2580 <br /> 7/2/97 Draft Planning Board Minutes <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> PURPOSE: Consideration of a proposed amendment to allow existing residences as a <br /> permitted use in all Economic Development Districts. <br /> BACKGROUND: According to the permitted use table in the Economic Development <br /> Districts(EDD)Design Manual,residential uses are not permitted in the <br /> Primary Development Area,except for the Primary Overlay in the I- <br /> 40/01d NC 86 EDD. <br /> The purpose of the Economic Development Districts is to provide <br /> locations for a wide range of non-residential uses,including light <br /> industrial,distribution,office,service and retail. Residential use is <br /> allowed in Secondary Development Areas and the Primary Overlay <br /> (applicable only in the I-40/Old NC 86 EDD),which serve as a buffer <br /> between the EDDs and adjacent residential districts. <br /> Residential use is not included as a permitted use in Primary Development <br /> Areas. The rationale for excluding residential as a permitted use was to <br /> assure that the Primary Development Areas would remain available, <br />