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M M <br />wished to build a hospital somewhere else, the Board could <br />consider amending the Comprehensive Land Use Plan to allow <br />that. <br />Chairman Scurlock thought that the possibility of <br />another medical district west of town should be included in <br />the County's long-range planning. <br />Director Keating pointed out that it is the Comp Plan, <br />which actually limits the location of a hospital by <br />designating hospital/commercial nodes. It is staff's <br />philosophy that it would take an amendment to the Comp Plan <br />to allow another hospital and that such an amendment should <br />be considered at the time a concrete proposal is received. <br />Mr. Shearer explained that they are not trying to <br />restrict all medically related uses to locating in this <br />area. He then quoted the many special exception uses in <br />C-lA zoning which are not allowed in the MED District, <br />including such things as flea markets, lumber yards, service <br />stations, theaters, laundries, dry cleaning pickup <br />establishments, hotels and motels, etc. <br />Chairman Scurlock believed there is a pretty broad <br />range under the allowable uses in the MED District and the <br />special exception uses made it even a broader range. From <br />what he could see, the uses range from office to <br />residential. <br />Mr. Shearer confirmed that the purpose of the MED <br />district is to implement policies of the Comp Plan in regard <br />to hospital/commercial nodes being a mixture of residential, <br />institutional, and commercial uses. <br />Considerable discussion ensued as to how many medical <br />districts might be needed to allow for long term growth in <br />the County, how much acreage should be allowed for <br />expansion, the range of uses permitted in the MED District <br />and how these matters affect free enterprise, etc. <br />35 <br />SEP 19 1984 BOOK 58 F�:u 357 <br />