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BOOK 107 PACE 547 The proposed amendment sets specific criteria for node expansions where the subject node is less than 70% developed and involving the following: • land use designation swaps involving more than one node; and • corrections of mistakes or oversights affecting residentially designated property. Although such node expansions have occurred in the past, setting specific criteria clarifies the policy and decreases the chances of misapplication of the policy. Specifically, the proposed amendment ensures that land use designation swaps involving more than one node will not increase potential impacts on any public facilities, and that such a swap will not increase the overall land use density or intensity depicted on the future land use map. The proposed amendment also limits node expansions that correct an oversight or a mistake to ten acre sites. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.23 sets a minimum separation distance of 1.5 miles between commercial/industrial nodes. The proposed amendment rewords the policy to clarify the intent of the policy. The proposed amendment recognizes that development within Neighborhood Commercial Nodes either has not occurred or has not been truly neighborhood oriented. The county, however, has provided for TND Projects that incorporate neighborhood commercial uses as part of the project. Such TND Projects may prove to be a viable alternative to new or expanded Neighborhood Commercial Nodes. Rather than going through the entire rezoning process to totally eliminate Neighborhood Commercial Nodes, the proposed amendment allows the seven existing Neighborhood Commercial Nodes to continue in their current configuration. The creation of new Neighborhood Commercial Nodes or the expansion of exiting ones, however, is prohibited by the proposed amendment. Keeping the existing Neighborhood Commercial Nodes also protects the private property rights of the owners of land within those nodes. Although the county and the school board coordinate in an informal manner regarding many of the issues covered in these policies, the proposed amendment requires greater formal coordination. The purpose of the amendments is to encourage the location of schools, parks, libraries and community centers in near residential areas. Locating community facilities near residences efficiently uses county resources, discourages urban sprawl, reduces automobile trips, and allows children to walk to many destinations (e.g. schools, libraries and parks). These changes specifically recognize that not every zoning district allowed in a land use designation is appropriate for every site within that land use designation. Table 2.13 specifically identifies which November 10, 1998 48 40 0