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ss~ business uses may be acceptable. There was discussion. about Interstate 69 going down Highway 37 and comments were made to the affect that at some point everything from 67 to 37 would no longer be residential and would be all business. Councilman Bryant said it would only happen if you let it happen and he thought that with the investment these people have in their homes along here and the spotty business areas from 5 Points to Mooresville. His feeling is the paragraph should stop with low-density residential development and strike the rest of the paragraph. He thinks by allowing the paragraph to stay as it is the door is open to get some sort of strip mall or high density residential and would be in contrast to what is in the area currently. President Worthen said by ending the paragraph where Councilman .Bryant is suggesting it doesn't mean that Holloway or Banning or whomever couldn't come in and apply for a high density PUD, but it also gives a cushion to be able to say the comprehensive plan calls for low density housing. Councilman Bryant said the other paragraph concerning the west district and saying the exact same thing. The west district area is St. Rd. 42 west of Town to the end of our planning area. This area is the land from the western end of the planning area to White Lick Creek and the southern part of Highway 67 corridor. It is largely open space used primarily for agriculture purposes and scattered residential development. The final paragraph is the one Councilman Bryant would like to see deleted. Under certain conditions some higher uses m<iy be consistent with the goals of the plan for some tracts of land clang St. Rd. 42 where a large tract of land may be developed as planned unit. Councilman Bryant said he thought they should do everything to protect the open farm ground atld low-density residential as well as trying to keep any large retail development coming into that area. Councilman Shields asked Councilman B ~ how long this particular doe:ument had been in place. Councilman o~rti the Plan Camn~ission began working ora this plan well. over a year ago. The first Comprehensive Plan was written in 1992 or 1993. Councilman Shields asked why these two paragraphs were written in this plan. Councilman Bryant said to leave these areas open .for a developer that wants to come .in and put inhigh-density residential or business. Councilman Bryant said he thought striking the paragraph concerned with Highway 144 would be a protection to the property owners living there when I-69 goes down Highway 37. He said if an engineering company comes into the Plan Conurnission for a request for business or high-density residential and the commission thought it would be .hindering the growth of Mooresville the Plan Conunission could renew the plan at that time..Ross Holloway said the comprehensive plan should be looked at every five years. Councilman Shields asked if these two paragraphs were in the original plan. Councilman Bryant looked thru the original plan and said it looked like they were not in there to begin with. Councilman Bryant said he did. riot want to see a large strip mall stuck out in the west district. Councilman Shields asked if a portion of the plan could be writteta for wlaat the Town wants later. Councilman Bryant said this plan could be addressed and re-written at any time thru the Plan Com.rnission. The re-zoning ordinance is being addressed now and maybe when that is completed there may be sections of this plan that needs to be re- addressed. Council President Worthen said the west district pretty much mirrors what they havetn the plan now, l guess my concern is if we t11ce it out completely he does not feel they axe saying you cannot apply, cannot come in for a PUD. He said he did not know what would stop a developer from trying to set a PUD in this area even if it was not listed in the plan. However, in 1993 they felt compelled to add that to it. He said he either wanted to strike both of those areas or the area ita the west district as written and mirror this in the east district. Councilman Bryant said, so what it would say is under certain conditions some higher uses may be consistent with the goals of the plan far some tracts of land along St. Rd. 42 or .1.44 where a large tract of land could be developed as a PUD. Councilman Bryant disagreed with this. He did not see what being more conservative was going to hurt. A motion was trade to appxove President Warthen's woxding fox the changes to the :plan by Councilman Dolen with a second to the motion from Councilman