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..0 C; 32 <br /> b)-- To correct an error or omission ; or <br /> c ) In response to a change in the policies, <br /> objectives, principles or standards governing the <br /> physical development of the County. <br /> 2 .2 . 14 . 1 I_n i i i a ti411_Qf_AffigA.dfg n t s. <br /> An amendment to the Comprehensive Plan or portion <br /> thereof ,may be initiated by: <br /> a) The Board of Commissioners on its own motion; <br /> b ) The Planning Board ; or <br /> c) Application, by any person or agency, which <br /> accurately and completely sets forth the reason ( s) <br /> for the proposed amendment as prescribed in Article <br /> 2 .2 . 14 above. <br /> 2 .2 . 14 .2 Cli5aiiikt1..2Il_21__AmanAmsail <br /> Amendments to the Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof <br /> are classified as "principal " or "secondary" amendments. <br /> Principal amendments include: <br /> a) Additions to or modifications of policies, <br /> objectives, principles or standards; <br /> b ) The creation of new activity nodes or additions to <br /> existing activity nodes which exceed ten ( 10) acres <br /> in land area; or <br /> c) Proposals for new freestanding plan areas or <br /> additions to existing areas that exceed one hundred <br /> ( 100) acres in land area. <br /> Secondary amendments include: <br /> a) The expansion of an activity node where the <br /> additional area is contiguous to an existing node <br /> and does not increase its land area by more than <br /> ten ( 10) acres; <br /> b ) The expansion of a designated plan area where the <br /> additional area is contiguous to the existing plan <br /> designation and does not increase its land area by <br /> more than one hundred ( 100) acres; <br /> c) A correction of an error or omission ; or <br /> d ) Revisions to any factual or descriptive material . <br /> 2 .2 . 14 .3 GQnalieraiiQn_Qf_Ang.asimania <br /> Except as noted herein, the submission and consideration <br /> of applications for proposed amendments to the <br /> Comprehensive Plan or portion thereof shall be governed <br />