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.-- <br /> .33 <br /> _ <br /> - <br /> Board of Commissioners Page 2 December 12 , 1988 <br /> provide a district to be used only <br /> during the application of zoning to <br /> previously unzoned townships to <br /> accommodate existing commercial uses <br /> on zoned townships to previousl <br /> zoned commercial property which is <br /> not located in areas designated as <br /> Activity Nodes by the adopted <br /> Comprehensive Plan. (Emphasis not <br /> in original. ) <br /> b) Application Criteria <br /> ,n <br /> ,.. <br /> , <br /> z <br /> This district will be applied to <br /> s . <br /> existing commercial uses in unzoned <br /> ,-, <br /> townships and previously zoned <br /> ..0. <br /> ‹ <br /> commercial property located in areas <br /> ..5. <br /> , k <br /> not designated as Activity Nodes in <br /> .., <br /> ' <br /> _ • the adopted Comprehensive Plan. <br /> , o . <br /> (Emphasis not in original. ) This <br /> designation shall only be applied to <br /> = <br /> 7,. property used for existing <br /> commercial at the time of <br /> ...; <br /> .., <br /> application of this ordinance. <br /> 57: <br /> Therefore, when the land use element of the <br /> Comprehensive Plan is amended to eliminate one or more <br /> 4 activity nodes, the Zoning Ordinance requires that any <br /> 17 <br /> -...; commercially used property located in the nodes <br /> x . <br /> eliminated be zoned EC-5. <br /> •:: <br /> = <br /> 1 7 Other classifications mandated by the Zoning <br /> Ordinance in response to a Land Use Plan change are the <br /> ..4: overlay Protected Watershed Districts (Sections 4 . 2. 27' <br /> ..: <br /> .7, and 4 .2.28) and the Major Transportation District <br /> 1 x <br /> (Section 4 . 2.30) . Residential, commercial and <br /> industrial zoning classifications are, as stated by the <br /> Zoning. Ordinance , "usually applied" when property used <br /> for residential, commercial and industrial purposes is <br /> . • located within a node or area of the Land Use Plan <br /> established for those uses. See for example Section <br /> . 4 .2. 11 (General Commercial District) , Section 4. 2. 2 <br /> (Agricultural Residential District) . <br /> I have previously shared with the Board my <br /> thoughts on the underlying basis for the linkage <br /> between the Land Use Plan and the Zoning Ordinance . <br /> .,, <br /> • <br /> 1 <br />