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4 <br />for property owners, flexibility for the market forces, and <br />standards based on the intensity of the land use and not the land <br />use itself. <br />In identifying Efland "s "community focus ", not one but three <br />strategic intersections were selected as the three - pronged focus <br />of the village. These are US 70 /Efland -Cedar Grove Road, Mount <br />Willing Road /Forrest Drive, and the Mount Willing Road /I -85/40 <br />interchange. Areas one - quarter mile from these locations are thus <br />within the "community focus ". <br />Efland, as a semi - urban, semi -rural village, has long been <br />designated a Commercial Node on the County Land Use Element. <br />Approximately 85 percent of the areas within the "Community Focus" <br />are already located within the Efland Center Commercial Node - <br />meaning that these areas can be assigned an Efland village overlay <br />District which would incorporate community -scale services. <br />However, a few areas within the "Community Focus ".are not inside <br />the existing node. A total of 41 properties (most less than 60,000 <br />square feet in size) lie within the Community Focus but not the <br />node. <br />The thrust of CP -2 -91 is to include these 41 properties in the <br />Efland Center Commercial Node with their neighbors. By so doing, <br />the entire core can be zoned consistently. <br />It 1 should be noted that the inclusion of properties into a node <br />does not automatically, qualify them for commercial or non- <br />residential uses. In fact, most of the properties in both the <br />proposed amendment and the existing node are of a residential <br />nature - and will likely continue in that use. The adjustment to <br />the node will simply allow for consistent treatment for those <br />properties where small -scale services to serve the community are <br />feasible. The standards of this district would be drafted by staff <br />and community representatives over the next several months. <br />In conclusion, the consistent treatment of all properties in the <br />Efland village that are within walking distance of the community <br />center will allow Efland a means to evolve without compromising <br />their small -town feel and village character. Without this node <br />adjustment or village overlay, Efland's zoning will encourage only <br />linear, sprawled, and uncoordinated development along US 70 - and <br />the community character of the village will be in much more danger <br />than it would be in not making adjustments at this time. <br />Im <br />r <br />