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Attorney Vitunac added that the Growth Management Plan has a requirement that the County enter into negotiations with the cities to allocate the available traffic capacities on the road network, and the Town of Orchid is one of these entitites. However, there is no legal document that will protect the County's interest in what the Town wishes to do with respect to its own zoning, Comp Plan, densities, etc. He believed that, legally, the Town of Orchid is a threat to the County's Zoning Code, because there are too few people living in it to affect the transition of power if there is a bad vote, and also because the Town is owned 100% by a land developer. Chairman Scurlock questioned, if the Town is willing to agree to densities and a transportation allocation that is consistent with the County's Comprehensive Land Use Plan for the barrier island, what the purpose is of having a town in the first place. Commissioner Bowman remembered that in 1965 when the Town of Orchid was formed, it was thought even then that it was a very dangerous situation. Chairman Scurlock asked about the possibility of deannexation, and Attorney Vitunac advised that it is legal for a town to contract. Planning 6 Development Director Robert Keating noted that under new land use legislation, the County does have a lot more responsibility and review power with respect to changing the Comp Plan. Orchid's Comp Plan was prepared several years ago before the County had the ability to review it and take action on local comp plans, and when staff did review it, they found that it is very general and not specific enough to set certain densities. If Orchid wanted to change their plan substantially, they would have to be reviewed by the County, the region, and the State. The appeal would be to the Governor in the long run. Attorney Vitunac believed that we just have the power to 41 BOOK 65 r,�ct 774 4