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HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN Charlotte Motor Speedway was designed and built in 1959. The Speedway facility has a seating capacity of 140,000 and features a 1.5 mile quad oval track. In addition, a 2.25 -mile road course and a dirt track (four - tenths -mile clay oval, stadium -style facility with a seating capacity of 14,000 seats) are found at the facility. A recently completed expansion added a drag strip to the complex, the zMAX Dragway, in 2008. It features a four -lane, all concrete quarter -mile dragway with a seating capacity of approximately 30,000. Several major events are hosted each year, along with weekly and evening events. Major events include three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series events, two NASCAR Nationwide Series races, a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event and two NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series events. Each year, two of the nation's largest car shows and swap meets are held at the facility. Driving and racing schools and other organizations use the track throughout the year. The Speedway facility is used more than 300 days per year. 2.2.2 Development Potential Available Land The Existing Land Use Map (Figure 2), which is based on parcel data collected and maintained by the County Tax Assessor's office, indicates that (W approximately 6,084 acres (or 36% of the land in the planning area) are classified as undeveloped. (For the purposes of this planning effort, "undeveloped" refers to any parcel that either has no structure on it or is not classified as a "tax deferred parcel" in agricultural use.) However, the undeveloped land may not be an accurate representation of the land that is actually available for future development. Some parcels that have been developed for one or more uses may be suitable for redevelopment or infill development to better utilize the land. Assuming that all parcels having a structure (or structures) whose total value is equal to or less than 40% of the land value are considered underutilized, approximately 150 parcels could be considered for future redevelopment or infill development. This would expand the total land supply to approximately 10,653 acres (or 63% of the land in the planning area). Not all such land may be available or suitable for future development due to environmental or regulatory constraints. For the purposes of this planning effort, the following constraints were defined. No -build Constraints (cannot support development): • Water bodies - All rivers, streams, creeks, lakes, ponds, and impoundments. • Stream buffers - Roughly based on adopted county and town ordinances, a 50 -foot buffer along perennial streams (measured from centerline of stream due to data limitations), lakes, ponds, and PART II: EXISTING CONDITIONS AUGU NMIM number 1 G -1 Page 320