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4.2.8 Local Commercial- 1 (LC -1) District <br />a) Intent <br />The purpose of the Local Commercial -I (LC -1) District is to provide appropriately <br />located and sized sites for limited commercial uses designed to serve a <br />population at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience goods and <br />personal.services. Performance standards will be used to insure the absence of <br />adverse impacts beyond the immediate space occupied by the building. . <br />b) Application Criteria <br />This district will usually be applied where the following conditions exist: <br />*Amended <br />4/22/86 <br />4/4188 *1. Site is located within areas designated by the adopted Comprehensive <br />- Plan as either a Commercial Transition Activity Node, a Rural <br />Commercial Activity Node or a Rural Neighborhood Activity Node. <br />2. Uses would serve a market area population confined to the immediate <br />area and would generally not serve commuters or persons outside the <br />surrounding neighborhood. <br />3. Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method of water <br />supply and sewage disposal. <br />*Amended <br />4/22/86 *4. Normally, the maximum amount of land zoned LC -1 at any node shall not <br />exceed nine acres, but 5 acres shall apply in rural areas where population <br />density is lower and distributed more widely than in the Transition area. <br />Acreage limitations shall not.apply to property zoned Existing <br />Commercial -V (EC -5) or planned developments. <br />*Amended <br />414/88 *5. All sites designated LCA shall have direct access to a street classified <br />either as an arterial or collector as designated by the adopted <br />Comprehensive Plan. <br />4.2.9 Neighborhood Commercial-if (NC -2) District <br />a), Intent <br />The purpose of the Neighborhood Commercial -11 (NC -2) District is to provide <br />appropriately located and sized sites for limited commercial uses designed to <br />serve a population at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience goods <br />and personal services. Performance standards will be used to insure the <br />absence of adverse impacts beyond the lot boundaries of the use. <br />4 -3 -a <br />