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197 <br />ARTICLE 4 - DISTRICT STATEMENTS OF INTENT AND APPLICATION CRITERIA <br />Article 4.2 identifies the criteria which will normally be used to determine the application of a zoning district designation. <br />The applicant has applied for a Local Commercial -1 designation. The criteria for that district are set forth in Article 4.2.8b) <br />as follows: <br />1. Site is located within areas <br />designated by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan as either a <br />Commercial Transition Activity <br />Node, a Rural Commercial <br />Activity Node or a Rural <br />Neighborhood Activity Node. <br />PLANNING STAFF <br />FINDINGS BASED <br />ON SUBMITTED <br />APPLICATION <br />X Yes No <br />EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO <br />SUPPORT FINDINGS <br />The proposed sites are within <br />the White Cross Rural <br />Community Activity Node. <br />2. Uses would serve a market The application indicates <br />area population confined to the increased commercial area is <br />immediate area and would needed to serve the entire <br />generally not serve commuters township. <br />or persons outside the <br />surrounding neighborhood. Yes X No <br />3. Lot size for individual uses <br />shall be appropriate to the <br />method of water supply and <br />sewage disposal. X Yes No <br />4. Normally, the maximum <br />amount of land zoned LCA at <br />any node shall not exceed nine <br />acres, but 5 acres shall apply in <br />rural areas where population <br />density is lower and distributed <br />more widely than in the <br />Transition area. Acreage <br />limitations shall not apply to <br />property zoned Existing <br />Commercial -V (EC -5) or planned <br />developments. Yes X No <br />5. All sites designated LCA shall <br />have direct access to a street <br />classified either as an arterial or <br />collector as designated by the <br />adopted Comprehensive Plan. X Yes No <br />The application indicates that <br />engineering reports indicate the <br />ability to treat up to 8,000 gallons <br />per day of septic waste on site. <br />Staff finds that all proposed <br />zoning lots are greater than 1.0 <br />acre in size which should be <br />sufficient size to locate septic <br />systems. <br />The application indicates that <br />population density in this area is <br />comparable to that within transition <br />areas. <br />Staff finds that there are 5.00 <br />acres of land within the node <br />zoned for LCA uses - the <br />maximum allowed within a rural <br />community. <br />Proposed zoning lots have <br />frontage on N.C. Hwy. 54 W. <br />PLANNING BOARD <br />RECOMMENDED <br />FINDINGS <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />2M <br />m <br />No <br />No <br />li•M <br />