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3 <br /> Slide #2 <br /> i <br /> .-wb <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br /> Rural Activity Nodes <br /> BOCC Request <br /> a) Remind us why there are two, what uses are allowed in each of <br /> them, and for which sizes of population. <br /> b) What uses are currently in the existing rural activity nodes? <br /> c) Why combine them? <br /> d) If commercial is allowed, what specific commercial uses? <br /> e) Additional residential? What types? <br /> Slide #3 <br /> a)Remind us why there are two,what uses are allowed in each of them,and for which sizes of population. <br /> Text included in the original Land Use Element(1981): <br /> • To minimize the existing energy-inefficient and land consuming pattern <br /> of rural sprawl, the Land Use Element(incl. Map) is premised on two <br /> basic strategies: activity nodes and infill development <br /> • The activity nodes are of various sizes and types to accommodate <br /> specified levels of intensity of commercial and industrial activities <br /> The activity nodes established in 1981 were included as part of the 2030 <br /> Comprehensive Plan (2008) and shown on the Future Land Use Map <br /> (FLUM). <br /> While there have been changes to some of the activity nodes over time, <br /> the Rural Activity Nodes established in 1981 remain the same. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> NORTH CAROLINA <br />