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24 <br />EXISTING LAND USE COMPLIES: The site is in an existing Twenty-Year <br />Located in designated Ten or Twenty- Transition Area. <br />Year TransitiorE Areas. <br />AGRICULTURE ANI3 FORESTRY COMPLIES: There are no active agricultural or <br />Located away from°areas where. managed forestry operations in the area. <br />development would have a detrimental <br />impact upon productive agricultural, <br />uses and managed forest land,: andlar <br />where the existing landscape character <br />can be maintained through proper ate <br />design and construction ractic~s. <br />POPULATION DENSITY COMPLIES: The surrounding area contains substantial <br />Located in areas with, yr planned for,, <br />moderate to high population densities. ' areas proposed far bath non-residential and residential <br /> development. Wildwoad subdivision to the northeast <br /> contains lots afnne-quarter acre in size, and Cornwallis <br /> Hills to the west has late averaging around one-half <br /> acre. Stagecoach Run subdivision to the east averages <br /> 1.5 acres in size. Proposed than es to the Ih0/Old NC <br />g <br />- 86 EDD to the south allow mixed used development <br /> which can include residential uses on municipal water <br /> and sewer. <br />HISTORIC ANI) CEi~TUfiAE~ <br />Located in areas Where-detrirnent'al COMPLIES: No identified historic ar cultural sites exist <br /> <br />developimeiit in~pac~ on local, State ar' in this area. <br />fecterall~-ackr-ovvlatlgerl° h~ri~ <br />cultural and/or arclta~}j~al ~ti oi~ <br />Caunt~-clepr*d Ruble tntert <br />Areas d'ca not" ~ or ~n beE <br />mitigated tl'trougl~ p/o~e~ site des~i~~ <br />and construction rimes. <br />D. RECOMMENDATION <br />The Planning Department recommends approval of the proposed plan amendment <br />for Area 2 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 Element. <br />5. The proposed amendment is consistent with all locational criteria for <br />Economic Development Activity Node. <br />h:\complan\eddplanamendmentCP-1-01.doc\2-1-01 \gb I 1 <br />