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23 <br />The total timeline for the development and possible implementation <br />of this option is eight (8) months. Staff would have to devote existing <br />resources to develop and present this proposed amendment as well <br />as generate all necessary memorandum(s), maps, and other support <br />documents that may be required. <br />PRO's: This option allows for a .measurable increase in the allowable non- <br />residential development within the Nodes and could eliminate the <br />need for local residents to commute to urban areas or centers (i.e. <br />existing local municipalities) in order to purchase necessities or take <br />advantage of essential services, thereby reducing miles traveled and <br />pollution. <br />COLA's: The current land uses allowed within the LC -1 and /or NC -2 zoning <br />districts are broader than what was originally envisioned for <br />development within the Nodes. Simply raising the amount of non- <br />residential development within the Node does not address the issue <br />of encouraging the type of development the County would like to see <br />within the Nodes. <br />GENERAL <br />POSTNOTE: Staff also believes that if an increase is suggested that rural scale <br />and architectural standards should be adopted. <br />OPTION THREE: Amend Sections 4.2.8 and 4.2.9 of the Zoning Ordinance to include <br />language exempting the necessary active septic and /or repair fields <br />from the acreage computation. <br />The revised section(s) would read as follows: <br />Normally, the maximum amount of land at any node <br />shall not exceed nine acres, but a maximum of 5 <br />acres shall apply where population density is lower <br />and distributed more widely than in the Transition <br />areas. <br />This acreage limitation shall not include those <br />areas necessary to support the location of active, <br />or repair, septic fields for identified permitted <br />non - residential uses. <br />TIMELINE: The implementation of this option involves the following timeline: <br />1. Development of a formal ordinance amendment package <br />(completed by staff) — approximately one (1) month, <br />2. Presentation at a Quarterly Public Hearing. All Ordinance <br />amendments are required to be presented at a Quarterly <br />Public Hearing (QPH). The next available QPH would be the <br />May 18, 2009 meeting. <br />