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37 <br />ENERGY USE COMPLIES: Commuting times are within the 10 minute <br />Located within 1a minutes commuting time frame. <br />time from an uci3an area and designed <br />so that business~uses provided within <br />developments Ikrlit the number of short <br />distance. commutes far goods and <br />services. <br />EXISTING 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 FgRESTRY COMPLIES: There are no active agricultural uses or <br />Located away from areas where managed forestland in the area. <br />development vrau~l- have: a detrimental <br />impact upar~ produdive agricultural <br />uses and managed forest land, and/or <br />where the existing. landscape character <br />can be maintained through proper site <br />desi nand cdnstre~tion radices. <br />P©PULATIGN DENSITY COMPLIES: Though the immediate area is primarlty <br />Located inrate~ Frith, ar planned for, <br />moderate tc~high.~ densities. non-residential, areas to the south and southwest of the <br /> 1~5/NC 86 interchange are characterized by moderate <br /> population densities: Vlrldwood subdivision contains <br /> lots of one~uarter acre in size and Joppa Oaks has lots <br /> averaging around one-hall acre. Approximatety 0.65 <br /> mile east is the Colonial Hills subdivision where lots <br /> average approximatety one-hall acre. The Meadowlands <br /> property separates the site from Colonial Hills. <br />H~STQ~ A @ GULTl7RAL COMPLIES: No ident~ed historic or cultural sites exist <br />Located mare detrimental in this area. The closest such property is the Rigsbee <br />development i art`~cal, State or <br />federally-a~noirrle¢I:hi~oric Rock House, a National Register of Historic Places site, <br />, <br />cultural and/or a~chseokngical sites, or located 0.9 mile to the east. <br />County-~~t~t"Ppti~c- Interest <br />Areas does nc~"e`oc cart be <br />mitigated thr~~pr siitie design <br />and cons <br />D. RECOMMENDATION <br />The Planning Department recommends aparoval of the proposed plan amendment <br />for Area 3b 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:\complan\eddplanamendmentCP-2-Ol.doc\2-1-01\gb 10 <br />