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15 494 Cy Stober- I don't know. 495 496 Lamar Proctor- But there's a limitation? 497 498 Cy Stober- There is,yes sir. 499 500 Lamar Proctor-Why? 501 502 Cy Stober-Some of it's been consumed by the existing businesses that are there, but there is available acreage. 503 504 Perdita Holtz- It's 10 acres for LC-1 and 10 acres for NC-2, so 20 acres combined. 505 506 Lamar Proctor-20 acres combined for that rural activity node. 507 508 Cy Stober-Some of that has been consumed by the existing businesses that are there,which is why the split-zoning 509 request came before you before. 510 511 Lamar Proctor-That's to preserve the rural character of that area, right? 512 513 Perdita Holtz- It is, but you may recall that we also spoke to the fact that we require a greater area to be rezoned for 514 commercial use than was previously required. For instance, now we require the septic areas and the well area all be 515 zoned commercial because it is serving the commercial use. One of the things that needs to be looked at is whether 10 516 acres is an appropriate amount given that one use can potentially take all the 10 acres. 517 518 Lamar Proctor-Right, also because conditional districts like this are exempted from the limitations on the rural 519 community activity nodes,what you could see happen is you could see multiple conditional districts being approved in a 520 rural area,thereby bypassing that limitation, thereby destroying the rural character of that particular community. 521 522 Cy Stober-You could have multiple non-residential conditional requests in an activity node. 523 524 Lamar Proctor-Right, so that's tricky and that's something we should definitely be looking at in the separate issue of the 525 comprehensive land use plan and the UDO. What you're going to see is exactly this,that developers will just apply for a 526 conditional district, and you'll end up with 10-20 conditional districts bypassing what the comprehensive land use plan 527 had envisioned in terms of preserving the rural character of a particular community. 528 529 Cy Stober- I think it deserves further exploration,yes. 530 531 Charity Kirk-That's a very good point,thank you. 532 533 Statler Gilfillen- I assume that in this packet, the images of what they are proposing the building will be is consistent with 534 what is planned to be built. Buried in the back of the packet,there is a letter from Peter Sandbeck who is in charge of the 535 historic commission on behalf of Orange County. I am a past member, I am a licensed architect, I have some expertise in 536 preservation. I think his letter was very well written. In that letter, I would like to comment if I could and maybe get a 537 comment back on this because we are talking about a small community and the fabric of the community. The building 538 itself and the store may service more people passing through than the people that live there.As such, it may have a 539 negative impact on the community if you follow what Peter Sandbeck is saying. I'd like some comment on this. Quoting" 540 Any proposed project that has a potential to adversely affect a designated Historic landmark is subject to a higher level 541 of review with the goal of working with the property developers to find ways to reduce or eliminate any potential negative 542 visual or physical impact on a landmark property." He goes on to say in the next paragraph"the proposed new building 543 completely ignores and turns its back toward the historic school as well as toward many motorists that will pass the site 544 each day.This is not an acceptable treatment in such close proximity to this significant landmark that has been 545 recognized by Orange County Historic Preservation Commission."That tells me, as an architect involved in preservation, 546 the impact of this building as an architectural statement and I appreciate the amount of work, time, and money that they 547 have spent in providing this proposal. But the impact of this design within this small community at this crossroads may be 548 very negative. Could somebody respond to that?