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369 <br />Below is ~ list of key issues identified in ,the ~0~0 comprehensive Plan that the <br />proposed amendments to the UDU address specifically, as well as several supporting <br />foals and objectives of the ~o~o Comprehensive Plan in addition, the proposed <br />amendments to the UDC are consistent with a proposed amendment to chapter 5R <br />hand Use element of the comprehensive Plan, which is intended to clarify language <br />as it pertains to economic development and mixed uses presently allowed within the <br />existing Commercial~lndustrial Transition Activity Node ~~ITAi~~ land use category. <br />ha ~e~: ~c~n~n~~c Devl~ ~n~ ~~en~~n~ <br />Section 3, ~ KEY ISU~ <br />D The need to diversify tie ~ounty~s ta~~ base from one primarily composed of <br />residential property ~g~~4~ in ~~~} to a morn balanced tax base that includes a <br />diversity of businesses and services <br />a insuring that land and public services are in pace to support desired economic <br />development <br />d ~vercorning the perception that Dran~e ~oun~y is nab business friendfy <br />cor~nnunity, <br />~ Providing en~playn~en~ appar~unltles far tyre underennplayed, unemployed <br />and the aging worl~farcep <br />Section ~~ ~ ~~~~TIV~ <br />~b;ect~ve ~Dy~.~~o <br />Identify barriers to developrnent of desirable businesses and local <br />businesses, and mitigate these barriers <br />~ ~~je~~~ve D~~~~t <br />encourage compact and higher density developn7ent in areas served by <br />water and se~vert {See also hand Use objective ~U~~F~ and water and <br />wastewater objective ~U~5,~ <br />ha ter ~; hand Use ~~en~en <br />Section ,~ ~ C~Ai..S <br />hand Use ~verarcl~ing foal: Coordination of the amount, location, pattern and <br />designation of future land uses, with availability of bounty services and facilities <br />sufficient to meet the needs of grange County's population and economy <br />consistent with other comprehensive Plan elerr~nt goals and objectives. <br />hand Use foal ~: Fiscally and environmentally responsible, sustainable <br />growth, cansistentwith the provision of adequate servicesand facilitiesand <br />a high quality of life. <br />hand Use foal ; A variety of land uses that are coordinated within a <br />program and pattern that limits sprawl, preserves community and rural <br />character, minimises land use conflicts, supported by an efficient and <br />balanced transportation system. <br />hand Use foal ~: hand c~eveloprr~ent regulations, guidelines, techniques <br />ar~d~o~ incentives that promote the integrated achievement of all <br />~ampreher~sivo Plan goals. <br />Page ~ of <br />