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2030 Comprehensive Plan Text Amendment Commercial-Industrial Transition Activity Node— Item C.3 Recommendation - Receive the proposed amendment - Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public, BOCC, and Planning Board comment - Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be retumed to the Board of County Commissioners in time for the June 21, 2011 BOCC regular meeting - Adjourn the public hearing until June 21, 2011 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. Public Notification - Completed in accordance with Section 2.3.6 of the UDO - Newspaper legal ads for 2 successive weeks Planning Board member Maxine Mitchell left at 9:12 PM. Commissioner Gordon asked about the effect of this change. She made reference to pages 308-309 and noted the definitions of the transition land use categories. She noted that a transition area has land located in areas that are in the process of changing from rural to urban densities and that should be provided with public utilities and services. She asked about the ramifications of deleting the 10-and 20-year transition. Tom Altieri said that the text definition was established in 1981 and there was a land use map that went with the definition. The areas mapped for CITAN at that time were very small. Since 1981, CITAN areas have been expanded. It is being recommended that this be deleted from the definition. The City of Mebane used to have 10- and 20-year transition areas when the original land use plan was put into effect. The CITAN nodes were to be located within Mebane's 10-year transition area, so this terminology is no longer part of what is in place today. This is meant to bring the definition into current times and it is consistent with the way in which the land use is mapped now. Commissioner Gordon suggested putting deleted language back in so that the definition of CITAN includes the characteristics of a transition area. The current definition of Commercial Industrial Transition Activity Node in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan states that it is " land focused on designated road intersections within either 10-year or 20-year transition area that is appropriate for retail and other commercial uses and/or manufacturing and other industrial sites." Commissioner Yuhasz asked who would decide which areas are appropriate for residential and other commercial uses and it was answered the County Commissioners. Commissioner Jacobs asked for more clarity. Tom Altieri said that staff can add back reference to "located near interstates, public services, and utilities."