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078 In this case, the area proposed for amendment is located along one of North Carolina's "Strategic Corridors" as 411 defined by the N.C. Department of Transportation. As such, development pressures over the last 20 years have impacted and changed the area from a rural residential sector to an evolving non-residential node. Another factor which will surely add to the changing climate in this vicinity is the future possibility of municipal water and sewer service from the City of Durham. As of this date, the City of Durham's corporate limit lies less than one and one-half miles from this area. This corridor is shown on the City's 2005 Comprehensive Plan as lying on the fringe of the City's Growth Boundary. ( (b. To correct an error or omission in the Comprehensive. Plan. At the time of the 1981 adoption of the Land Use Element of the Comprehensive Plan, a node was established at the intersection of Interstate 85 and U.S. 70. This node, the "Eno-2 Commercial/Industrial Node" was designated to accommodate non-residential development because of the strategic location of the intersection. Three quadrants of the interchange were thus given the plan designation of 20- Year Transition Area with a Commercial/Industrial Transition Area overlay. The northeastern quadrant was not designated as either but left as Rural Residential. At the time of plan- related zoning changes in 1981, the area was inadvertently 411 zoned GC-4, a zone that was consistent with the designation on the other surrounding areas - but inconsistent with a Rural Residential Area. The proposed amendment would rectify this situation by allowing this property to enter the plan designation of 20- Year Transition Area, a designation consistent with the surrounding area. In so doing, the GC-4 zoning for this property, which has been utilized in the interim period since 1981, would fit the Land Use Element. ) ) L. Article 2.2.14.2 differentiates between, aging:12AI and, secondary, amendments to the Plan. As defined in this section, this proposed amendment would fall into the secondary amendment category. Subsection (b) states that "The expansion of a designated plan area where the additional area is contiguous to the existing plan designation and does not increase its land area by more than one hundred (100) acres" is to be considered a secondary amendment. As previously stated, at this interchange a substantial amount of land designated as 20-Year Transition exists within the "Eno-2 Commercial/Industrial Node" . The area proposed for measaseotaeoloome=1111111