Pivot the 2045 Land Use Map Towards Commercial

I support a significant revisiting of the 2045 Land Use Map (LUM) to designate additional areas as commercial services, light industrial, and related mixed uses.

The reasons for this are numerous: first and foremost, Apex has been a hot spot of residential development these past few years. Unfortunately with increased growth comes increased strain on our infrastructure, including schools, which must be paid for our of our increasingly residential focused tax base.

It doesn’t have to be this way. A revising of the Land Use Map to add more commercial services would both provides jobs and services for a growing community, as well as allow us to shift the tax burden away from our residents.

The current map made sense when it was initially written. It’s time to revisit it.