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Minutes for the Land Use Advisory Committee meeting on November 20, 2014
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Members present: Darren May, Dr. Jim Sanders, Mark Enos, Councilman Todd Burton (arrived at 3:15 p.m.), Rusty Trevathan, Kevan Inboden (arrived at 3:10 p.m.) and Terry Bare
Members absent: Bill Hall (chair), Joey Roach, Pamela Alexander, Steve Smith, Carroll Caldwell, Eric Scarbrough, Jerry Halsey, Jr., Nadine Straitt, Shawnie Carrier and Wixson Huffstetler
Mr. Bare motioned, seconded by Mr. May, to approve the minutes from the November 6, 2014, meeting. All voted aye.
City Planner Otis Spriggs explained in the last meeting there was a lot of discussion concerning nodes. They were asked to come up with title changes and some way in which they can be mapped in order to be less confusing. The smaller nodes were “low intense commercial nodes.” He changed them to “residential neighborhood commercial nodes (RNC)”. Mixed use will still be promoted in both nodes, residential neighborhood commercial nodes and high intensity commercial nodes. He referred to the new language that was put in the documentation on page 5 (see attached). Discussion was then held regarding whether or not the language on page 5 should read “such development should only be allowed at the intersection of two functionally classified roads” as opposed to “near the intersection of two functionally classified roads.” Mr. Bare noted at the last meeting City Engineer Craig Light brought up an issue with having development surround an intersection and its negative impact on traffic flow.
Mr. Enos asked if there was any further discussion at the last meeting about the wedge concept versus nodes. Mr. Spriggs explained at the last meeting there was some concern voiced about the circular nodes not being good for connectivity from a safety standpoint for pedestrians. It was discussed at that meeting to situate a node near an intersection as opposed to at the intersection. Mr. Bare suggested setting parameters for the bound...
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