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2 199 Boos `7AUG Pt,�� 72 Mrs. Offutt advised that these policies were referred to at the Planning S Zoning Commission meetings as the "Use or Lose It" philosophy whereby if you expand a node a certain amount, someone loses the same amount of acreage in that node, or if you don't use your property within 2 years, it reverts to its previous zoning. Discussion ensued as to just how this works, and the example was brought up of Shopco going through the DRI process. Commissioner Scurlock wished to know if someone assembles a very large tract and is going to do a DRI, which very likely will take a minimum of 2 years and very likely has different zonings within that property, what assurances they would have as they go through the whole process that they will not be led down the primrose path and that when they finally get to the end of the process, they will be able to build what their development plan intended. Director Keating felt that is covered in Policy 1.24 by the wording "unless such timeframe is modified by the Board of County Commissioners." Commissioner Scurlock did not mind taking a conservative stance, but just wanted to be sure we are consistent so everyone knows the game plan. Commissioner Bird felt Mrs. Offutt makes a good point regarding the "Use or Lose It" situation. He felt nodes should be large enough to accommodate future needs. If we have too little in the node, it drives the price of that land out of sight, and if someone wants to expand a node, and the county wanted to take his part away to make up for that increase, he personally would go to court about it. He believed that the applicant must make a convincing argument to have the node expanded to include his property, but did not feel we should take someone else's away. Community Development Director Keating advised that we have done a commercial land use analysis, which shows that we have substantially more than is needed; so, he did not believe we have 4