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ENERGIr'~' USE <br />Located within 1 ~ minutes commuting ~ COMPLIES; Commuting times are within the 10 minute <br />. <br />tii•rme from an urban area`and;designed..., time frame. <br />so~that business uses provided within' <br />developments limit the number of short <br />distance commutes for goods and <br />' <br />services. <br />.` <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 />AGRICU~.TURE AND' FORESTRY COMPLIES: There are no active agricultural uses or <br />Located; away from areas where <br />development would have a detrimental managed forestland in the area. <br />impact upon productive-agricultural <br />uses and managed forest.land,.andlor: <br />where the `existing landscape ctiaracter`a <br />can be maintained through proper site. ' <br />design :and construction: practices.. , <br />PQPULATION DENSITY <br />d COMPLIES: The surrounding area is characterised by <br />Locate <br />in;areas with, or planned for, ` <br />moderate to high population densities <br />` moderate population densities. Wildwood subdivision to <br />. the southwest contains lots of one-quarter acre in size <br /> and Joppa Oaks to the south has lots averaging around <br /> one-half acre. The six existing residential lots in Area 3a <br /> immediately to the west average 1.5 acres in size. <br />H15TORIC AND CULTURAL COMPLIES: No identified historic or cultural sites exist <br />Located in:areas where detrimental "~ in this area. <br />~„dgveloprnent impacts onlocal,`State or <br />federally-acknowledged historic, <br />cultural and/ar archaeological sites, or <br />,County-designated Public Interest <br />Areas does not exist or can be <br />mitigated through. prgper site :design <br />„a "d,consfcuatl~on practices. <br />D. RECOMMENDATION <br />The Planning Department recommends approval of the proposed plan amendment <br />for Area 3c far the following reasons: <br />1. The site lies within an area undergoing substantial transition to urban uses. <br />2. The amendmen# 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:\complan\eddnlanamendmentCF-2-O1.dnc\2-1-o1\~h ~ z <br />