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. 3 i 1. Article 2.2.14 states the reasons for which the Comprehensive Plan may be amended. a. Because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area of areas of the County; The applicant has cited the changing nature of this and adjacent properties as a rationale for amendment to the Plan. The applicant further points to the recent approval of the University Station Associates plan amendment to the identical category, the rapid population growth in Chapel Hill Township, and the opening of 1-40 as evidence of changing conditions. b. To correct an error or omission in the Comprehensive Plan; (No error or omission has been cited. ) c. In response to a change in policies, objectives, principles or standards governing the physical development of the County. (No such changes has been cited. ) 2. Article 2.2.14.2 differentiates between principal and secondary amendments. Upon review, it has been determined that the amendment in question falls into the category of a secondary amendment. Secondary amendments include: a. The expansion of an activity node where the additional area is contiguous to an existing node and does not increase its land area by more than ten (10) acres; (This provision is not applicable) . ' b. 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; This amendment would expand the recently designated Ten Year Transition area applied to University Station Associates by 21.58 acres. The proposed amendment is contiguous to the existing Ten Year Transition area for 1560 feet along the larger of the two tracts'. western boundary. The smaller tract is 2