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6 MEMORANDUM Z-5-95 Piedmont Quality Electric May 5, 1995 Page 2 Land Use Plan Designation: Agricultural Residential, Rural Neighborhood Activity Node, and Little River Protected Watershed. Zoning: The property is presently zoned Agricultural Residential (AR) and Little River Protected Watershed. The intent of the Neighborhood Commercial-II (NC-2),District is provided in Article 4.2.9 of the Zoning Ordinance. a) Intent The purpose of the neighborhood Commercial-II (NC-2) District is to provide appropriately located and sized sites for limited commercial uses designed to serve a population at the neighborhood and rural level with convenience goods and personal services. Performance standards will be used to insure the absence of adverse impacts beyond the lot boundaries of the use. b) Application Criteria This district will usually be applied where the following conditions exist: 1. Located within areas designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan as either a Commercial Activity Node or Rural Neighborhood or Rural Community Activity Node. 2. Uses would serve a market area population confined to the immediate area and would generally not serve commuters or persons outside the surrounding neighborhood. 3. Lot size for individual uses shall be appropriate to the method of water supply and sewage disposal. 4. Normally, the maximum amount of land zoned NC-2 at any node shall not exceed nine acres, but a maximum of 5 acres shall apply where population density is lower and distributed more widely than in the Transition areas. Acreage limitations shall not apply to property zoned Existing Commercial-V (EC-5) or planned developments. 5. All sites designated NC-2 shall have direct access to a street classified either as an arterial or collector as designated by the adopted Comprehensive Plan.