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~~~ <br />ENERGYn USE <" °" <br />Located within 1 Q Minutes commuting COMPLIES: Commuting times are within the 70 minute <br /> <br />time fiom an urban araa and designed time frame. <br />'-sa hat business uses provided within <br />developments limitthe"number~af`shorf <br />`distance cammutes`fo~ gaiod~s and <br />services. ... . . <br />EKISTING LAND USE COMPLIES: The site is located in an existing Ten Year <br />.,Located in designated Ten or Twenty.-: Transition Area. <br />:Year Transition Areas. <br />'AGRICULTURE AND Ft]RESTRY COMPLIES: There are no active agricultural uses or <br />,:Located away from areas where managed forestland in the area. <br />rdevelapment would.-ha~e,a detrimental <br />impact upon produptive agricultural <br />"uses and managed forest land; and/or <br />where the'existing landscape-character <br />can be maintam~d thrro~gh proper site.' <br />:design and canstiuctiori.practices. <br />"`POPULATION DENSITY <br />~ COMPLIES: Though the immediate area is primarily <br />Located in areas with, <br />or planned for; <br />moderate_to high, population densities: non-residential, areas to the south and southwest of the <br /> 1~5lNC 86 interchange are characterized by moderate <br /> population densities: Wildwaad subdivision contains <br />" tats of one-quarter acre in size and Joppa Oaks has lots <br /> averaging around one-half acre. Approximately 0.65 <br /> mile east is the Colonial Hills subdivision where lots <br /> average approximately one-half acre. The Meadowlands <br /> property separates the site from Colonial Hills. <br />°HISTORIC AND CULTURAL COMPLIES: No identified historic or cultural sites exi t <br />s <br />Located in areas where detrimental <br />development impacts <br />on local <br />State or " in this area. The closest such property is the Rigsbee <br />, <br />,; <br />federally-acknowledged historic; Rock House, a National Register of Historic Places site, <br />"cultural and/or archaeological ~ites~ or ; ,. <br />located 0.9 mile to the east. <br />County-designated' PuEili~ Interest <br />'Areas does not exist or'can be. <br />mitigated ;through proper sitie design <br />and Gattstrtiction practices <br />D. RECOMMENDATION <br />The Planning Department recommends a~„rOVal of the proposed plan amendment <br />for Area 3b for the following 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 Elemen#. <br />5. The proposed amendment is consistent with all locational criteria for <br />Economic Development Activity Node. <br />h•\rn,,,,,1~„\a.i.l..l~.,~,,,e„A,,,o.,+!'~u ^f n1 .a,.,.~^1 i ni~,.~. <br />