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Excerpt of Craft Minutes 1 •The Zoning Ordinance, specifically Section 4.2.8 and 4.2.9, establish limits on the total amount 2 of non-residential zoning permitted within a Node, 3 •The Ordinance would allow up to a total of nine (9) acres but only in instances where existing 4 density within a given Node is similar to existing Transition Areas, 5 •If density within the Nodes is not similar to existing Transition Areas, non-residential zoning is 6 limited to five (5) acres, 7 •The review of a recent rezoning petition during the November 2008 Quarterly Public Hearing 8 brought these limitations under greater scrutiny, 9 •Staff believes there is an opportunity to allow for the Nodes to be developed as originally 10 intended by the County and provide greater opportunity for the County Commissioners to be 11 more involved with the development process 12 13 Example Node Boundaries: 14 PROPOSAL: 15 •Amend Section(s) 4.2.8 (b) (4) and 4.2.9 (b) (4) to increase the maximum allowable non- 16 residential development within Rural Community Activity Nodes to ten (10) acres, 17 •Limit non-residential development within other Nodes to five (5) acres (i.e. Five (5) acres of LC- 18 1 and NC-2 zoning), and 19 •Include a provision allowing the possibility of additional non-residential development with the 20 submission, review, and approval of a Planned Development (PD) application 21 22 RATIONALE: 23 •The Rural Community Activity Nodes were intended to allow for higher intensity non-residential 24 development to eliminate the need for residents to commute to urbanizing areas. By increasing 25 the cumulative amount of allowable non-residential zoning we accomplish this goal, 26 •The remaining Nodes can still be developed at what staff has determined acceptable levels of 27 intensity given their purpose as defined within the Comprehensive Plan 28 •By adding new language relating to the possible allowance of additional non-residential zoning 29 through the review of a Planned Development project, the County has the opportunity to 30 address changing needs within the Nodes without having to continuously amend the Zoning 31 Ordinance 32 33 Staff Recommendations: 34 •Receive the staff initiated zoning text amendment proposal including staff's report and 35 presentation materials, 36 •Conduct the Public Hearing and accept comments from all interested parties, 37 •Refer the matter to the Planning Board for a recommendation to be returned to the County 38 Board of Commissioners in time for the August 18, 2009 BOCC meeting, 39 •Adjourn the Public Hearing until August 18, 2009 in order to receive the Planning Board's 40 recommendation. 41 42 43 Mark Marcoplos said that the Rural Neighborhood Node, which is close to where he 44 lives, has a convenience store, a nursery, a horse feed/general hardware store, and other 45 businesses, including a junk yard. He said that there is more activity in the rural neighborhood 46 than in the Rural Community Activity Node. He said that the transfer station is supposed to go