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Y <br /> <br />~YEXISTIN"C LH D USE COMPLIES: The site is in an existing Twenty-Year <br />Located in designated Ten or Twenty- .; Transition Area. <br />Year Transition Areas. <br />AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY COMPLIES: There are no active agricultural or <br />Located away ftam areas wh~r~, managed forestry operations in the area. <br />development would. have adetrimental - <br />impaat upon productive.agricultural <br />uses and managed°forest.land„and/or <br />where the existing landscape;character <br />can be maintained through proper site'. <br />adesigri-end construction practices. <br />POPULATION 'DENSITY , COMPLIES: The surrounding area contains substantial <br />Located in areas with, or planned far, <br />'moderate to high pppulatian densities. ` areas proposed for both non-residential and residential <br /> development. Wildwood subdivision to the northeast <br /> contains lots of one-quarter acre in size, and Cornwallis <br /> Hills to the west has lots averaging around one-half <br /> acre. Stagecoach Run subdivision to the east averages <br /> 1.5 acres in size. Proposed changes to the I~0/Old NC <br />- 86 EDD to the south allow mixed used development <br /> which can include residential uses on municipal water <br /> and sewer. <br />'HISTiDRIC AND GULTURAL ,' <br />Located in; areas where detrimental ' COMPLIES: No identified historic or cultural sites exist <br />. <br />development impacts oh local, State°.or in this area. <br />fe~lerally';acknowiedged :historic, <br />;cultural and/or archaeological bites, or <br />County-designated Pudic Interest ; <br />Areas does not exist':oc can,be <br />m~tgated:through'proper site design <br />and const~uctian:practices;, , <br />D. RECOMMENDATION <br />The Planning Department recommends approval of the proposed plan amendment <br />for Area 2 for the fallowing reasons: <br />1. The site lies within an area undergoing substantial transition to urban uses. <br />2. The amendment is in response to a change in the policies, objectives, <br />principles and standards governing the physical development of the <br />County. <br />3. It is consistent with the two basic strategies on which the plan is premised: <br />activity nodes and infill development. <br />4. It is consistent with applicable goals and policies of the Land Use Element. <br />5. The proposed amendment is consistent with all locational criteria for <br />Economic Development Activity Node. , <br />h•~emm~lan\arjr~nlanamPnrimant('~_1_fll rlnr\7_1_fll\nh <br />~i <br />