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092 • • • 9 This amendment has some significant impacts on what will be set out for the other townships. He voiced opposition to the GC-4 exemption in calculating the amount of commercial land in a specific area. The design criteria describing a local: commercial node were intend uses equivalent to a "Mom and Pop" store or a local service station. The problem with EC-5 is that,. as was done in some areas, certain nodes were designated which include the GC-5 designation to try to take into account the fact that the existing businesses were already there. Some of these businesses can be quite large and, by the time you add those and if you raise the maximum again for LC-1, you have eighteen acres plus • whatever was already there and the node is no longer a small commercial node in a rural area. By doing this, the intent of the nodes is changed. To calculate all the commercial uses when assessing the character of the node and not allow to exemptions can result in quite a large commercial area. r. ARTICLE 4 - PERMITTED USES - ASSEMBLY/PACKAGING OPERATIONS s. ARTICLE 8 - SPECIAL USES - ASSEMBLY/PACKAGING OPERATIONS t. ARTICLE T - ARTICLE 20 - DEFINITIONS - ASSEMBLY/PACKAGING OPERATIONS, Planner Susan Smith continued with items 5r through 5t as identified in the agenda. With reference to Article 4 - Establishment of Permitted Use Table, Article 8-Special Use Permits and'Article 22- - Definitions, Smith indicated these amendments would provide specifically for assembly and packaging operations, including mail order houses. Amendments to Article 4 would specify where those uses would be permitted, the amendment to Article 8 would specify the standards to evaluate those requests for a Special Use Permit, and Article 22 would define such uses. Steve Kizer indicated that some of the same comments he made above would apply to these proposed amendments. These amendments are in reaction to the fact that the Zoning Ordinance actually worked with respect to the request for P & S Sales. The problem is that a simple packaging plant has an awful lot of input that comes to it and is not a minor operation. The parking lot at P & S sales has about 100 cars and is a major operation. The whole point of these smaller nodes was to make sure that large enterprises that would be out of character with the surrounding community are not placed there. A commercial development in a rural node could be quite large and not in keeping with the idea that these are supposed to be small commercial operations. This adjustment should not be made until it is assured that the intent of the land use plan fits in very neatly with the development regulations. u. ARTICLE 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE MECHANISMS - PLANNING BOARD TENUR'y Planner Susan Smith referred to agenda item 5u - Article 2 - Administrative Mechanisms for the Planning Board Tenure and indicated this amendments would clarify that new members appointed to fi'_1 unexpired terms will be eligible for two additional full terms and to specify that one-third of the Board membership will expire in February of. each year. Chair Willhoit asked that "calendar year" be changed to read twelve (12) months. o. ARTICLE 5 - DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS RECREATION SPACE RATIO 6. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS TEXT AMENDMENTS (A copy of the complete narrative is in the permanent agenda file in the Clerk's office) . a. SECTION IV-B-7 SITES FOR PUBLIC USE - RECREATION/SCHOOL SITES b. SECTION V - IMPROVEMENTS - HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION