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<br />3~~,. <br />5 <br />proposed amendment is consistent with both the <br />intent and purpose of the Comprehensive Plan. <br />The applicant has also cited the manner in <br />which the proposed amendment will be <br />consistent with the rural character of the <br />area. Within the context of the total 575-acre <br />site, 25D acres (43$) have been designated for <br />lakes, a park, and a golf course. The amount <br />and lacatian of proposed open spaces presezves <br />the rural, apes character of the area. The <br />development of the total site at a density of <br />approximately 1.5 units per acre will also be <br />in keeping with the low-density character <br />of the area.) <br />GDMPARISDN WI^~''A ~,OCATION STANDARDS <br />In an analysis of a Comprehensive Plan amendment, <br />the x~eauested designatiaa is evaluated for compatibility with <br />.the applicable Locestiaaal Criteria is Section 3.4 of the Land <br />Use Element of the Comprehensive Plnn. In the table belak, <br />YES means that the area being evaluated is compatible with <br />the location al criterion. ND means that it is not, <br />Additional explanatiaa is provided where the response is not <br />a clearcut YE5 ar NO. <br />]~q & 2D ~ea~ Transition <br />Criteria <br />Land S1ar~e. No significant <br />slaps ar topography problem <br />that would unreasonably <br />increase the cost of extending <br />water and sewer lines, <br />Pvdrolacv. Located outside <br />of 1DD-year Flood prone <br />areas as ident'_fied by <br />the Corps of Engineers. <br />Flora and Fauna. Located <br />away from sites that would, <br />if developed, create a <br />t'v'$lustion <br />F^S . Extensive <br />areas of steep slope <br />(~15~) lie immediately <br />north of the subject <br />prope~y. There are also <br />scattered areas of steep- <br />slope slang Old N.G. 1D, <br />fiawever, the twenty-year <br />sewer olaas for the Tvwn <br />of Eillsbarouch depicts a <br />force main tarthe <br />southwest of Dld H.C. lp <br />'"~S, The southeast <br />bor_ndary of the proposed <br />Transition Area is Stanev <br />Creek. No aortian of the <br />revised Traasitwan Area is <br />located in wload prone <br />at ea5 . <br />TJrSTIDhABL~. No unique ar <br />endangered saecies have <br />beep identified an the <br />