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PLANNING STAFF EVIDENCE SUBMITTED TO PLANNING BOARD FINDINGS SUPPORT FINDINGS FINDINGS Article 4.2 identifies the criteria which will normally be used to determine the application of a zoning district designation. The applicant has applied for an EC-5 Existing Commercial designation. The criteria for that district are set forth in Article 4.2.12 and are as follows: (a) Intent The purpose of the EC-5 District is to provide a district to be used only during the application of zoning to previously unzoned townships to accommodate existing commercial uses or in zoned townships to previously zoned commercial property which is not located in areas designated as Activity Nodes by the adopted Comprehensive Plan. (b) Application Criteria X_ Yes No The uses permitted in the EC-5 zoning district accommodate the pre-existing and continuing commercial use of the L.J. Rogers, Jr. Trucking Company prior to the effective date of zoning. The EC-5 district is applied to existing commercial uses X_ Yes No in unzoned townships and previously zoned commercial property located in areas not designated as Activity Nodes in the adopted Comprehensive Plan. This designation shall only be applied to property used for existing commercial at the time of application of zoning. 1. Site is within an area as designated by the adopted _X_ Yes No Comprehensive Plan. 2. Lot size for individual uses would be X_ Yes No appropriate to the method of water supply and sewage disposal. The L.J. Rogers, Jr. Trucking Company, Inc. was in operation at the time of zoning in 1994. The site is located in the Carr Rural Community Activity Node designated by the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan. The proposed zoning is adequate to accommodate and individual well and septic system. _X_ Yes X Yes No No _X_ Yes No _X_ Yes No ao