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5.7 Generally, commercial and industrial land uses in the rural areas of the County occur along highways, especially near intersections. The County Land Use Plan will build on this historically evolved pattern in an effort to modify it for the purpose of attaining the stated goals and policies. The framework for this approach will be to establish Activity Nodes, of various types and functions, in order to accomodate different in- tensity levels of commercial and industrial development. The Nodes will be focused an major intersections and will meet other locational criteria developed from Policy 5.1. In the urban areas Activity Nodes will be called Developed (D) , AND WILL CORRESPOND TO THE "activity centers" identified in the Town's Land Use Plans. There will be two types of existing and pro- posed Nodes in the Transition Areas: COmmercial Transition (CT) , and Industrial Transition (IT) . Three types of existing Activity Nodes will be designated in Transition Areas since these areas are subject to comparatively rapid change, creating the need and ability to specify a more detailed future land use pattern. In rural agricultural and residential areas only existing Activity Nodes will be designated. New rural activity Nodes will be located using the specified locational criteria in response to proposed development activity. GOAL SIX: Economic development which emphasizes local employment while preserving the character of communities and pro- tecting the natural environment. Draft Policies 6.1 A sufficient amount of suitable land in the Urban, Transition, and rural areas should be designated to accomodate the projected expansion and growth of the industrial uses in the County. Industrial sites in urban areas will be determined by each town's land use plan. 'Industrial sites in the Transistion Areas will be selected on the basis of the capacity of the support systems such as water lines, good highway or rail access and the absence of detrimental environmental or social impact. In general, industrial sites in the rural areas of the County will be located within the U.S. 70- 1-85 highway and rail corridor. A limited number of rural industrial nodes could be located north of this corridor for small-scale rural industrial uses, not needing urban-type service support, and meeting the specified locational criteria.