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AUG 2 31989 BOOK .7 7 7:3 1 used, nothing has to be removed when you add, but if you are going to add to the node when the 70o isn't met, then something would have to be removed. In discussion it was noted that the criteria we have had has been working so far, and Mrs. Offutt asked if she could suggest that the Board leave the system the way it is. Commissioner Bird suggested the possibility of coming up with a percentage that works the other way, i.e., until a node is Xo developed, it is very unlikely we will allow expansion. Mrs. Offutt felt by setting these percentages and adopting them in the Plan, the Board is preempting the normal workshop process that is usually followed to develop such things. She suggested that the Board not be that specific in setting these percentages now, but do that through an ordinance rather than have it in the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner Scurlock believed that if the Board does not do enough here, the Plan won't be accepted by the state. In further discussion, Commissioner Eggert commented that her understanding is that if you go out specifically to rezone for a special purpose, for instance, residential to commercial, and then you do nothing for 2 years, the zoning will revert, but something that is just sitting there now in that node that is commercial, can just sit there and nothing will happen to it. Commissioner Scurlock felt for good planning, the nodes should be designed in some specific shape, rectangles, squares, etc., and that is it. Commissioner Bird stated that he would suggest removing Policy 1.23 unless we can find a satisfactory way to modify it. Several suggestions were made, and Planner Sasan Rohani referred the Board to Policy 1.23 as set out on the earlier white page, which simply reads: "No Node should be considered for expansion unless 700 of the land area (less rights-of-way) is developed or approved for development, or otherwise warranted by the proposed development." 6