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Approved 8/5/09 ( ~ Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: Why not. Michael Harvey: Nodes, as defined in the Comprehensive Plan, have different levels of intensity relating to the acceptable level of non-residential development There are also spedfic zoning district designations that are utilized to allow for development within the distinct categories of node. The only way to get spedfic, meaning to only allow certain uses within an individual node, is to essentially engage the Small Area Plan (SAP) process to identify those particular uses for each individual node and then amend the Comprehensive Plan to indude those polities. It should be remembered that comprehensive plan and land use element map amendments are normally presented annually, normally at the February quarterly public hearing. In this case, at least in my mind, we could not engage in such an amendment until a SAP is completed, which has to be authorized by the Commissioners prior to commencement Mary Bobbitt-Cooke: That's what I am talking about, amending the Comprehensive Plan which occurs in February, so in preparation if thats what Larry wants us to think about and that's what we should think about when we are on this tour. Is it possible to amend it such as you can tweak one of these in a unique way as opposed to what you do you have to do to all. Michael Harvey: You have to remember that you would have to make a recommendation or request to the County Board of Commissioners to allow staff to initiate the SAP for any or all the nodes. It would have to be independent for each node. How long that will take is anyone's guess. Tommy McNeill: Do you feel that would be benefidal to have each node have its own unique circumstances for growth? Michael Harvey: As we talked about on page 24 of your abstract, we agree that there ought to be a comprehensive evaluation of acceptable land uses within the various nodes. Our concem is we don't need to delay this amendment while waiting for that process to occur. Larry Wright: I would like to say that just under that LC-1 there is a very small post office right there and then there are two (2) old stores that belong to Mr. Oliver, the general stores. Then right across from that is a wooded area and that was at one time where a new post office was supposed to go. I don't think they have the money to put it there but I guess the land is committed. Then there is a beauty parlor that is probably 24x24 that is just on the other side of that wooded area. There are structures there the next thing that is commercial is the Ruritan Club, is that inside the drde? Graig Benedict: No Glenn Bowles: I think the reason the post office didn't go in is because the soils there are terrible. Mark Marcoplos: One thing I want to understand better is that statement you alluded to, while staff agrees there ought to be a comprehensive evaluation of acceptable land uses within the various nodes, we do not believe it is necessary to delay the proposed amendment to allow such a study to occur. Now it sounded like it is a pretty straight forward concept of the same impervious surface restrictions as residential and it has to meet all the health department requirements for septic, etc. So that sounds like that solves it right there. I wonder why there is a reference to having a process to determine what would be allowed in this watershed protected area and also, presumably if this is passed and it there has not been any study of what is allowed in the area, because that is going to happen later, nothing would be allowed in the area until that study was done, right? Michael Harvey: That is not correct, Development would be allowed consistent with the provisions of the zoning ordinance. We could not begin a SAP process to spedty land uses until the County Commissioners, a) authorizes the process and b) restricts development until the process is completed. There would have to be some sort of moratorium in order to limit development. Mark Marcoplos: So if this thing would pass without specifying what activity would be allowed in the idea that would be done later, yet development would occur before the process to determine what ought to be allowed there. Michael Harvey: Right now the ordinance limits development in this node as all other rural community activity nodes for local commerdal one (1) and neighborhood commerdal two (2) as detailed within Article 4 of the Zoning Ordinance. There are spedfied land uses that are permitted in larger nodes based on those Zoning designations. Mark Marcoplos: Why then have a comprehensive evaluation of acceptable land uses if we're happy to have stuff be built there before it? Craig Benedict: The amount of uses might not be the 10 acres each so LG1 and NC might not be the issue. What may be asked when we look is to compress the node, make the node smaller. Five hundred (500) acres and only allowing twenty (20) 4