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commercial, and Director Keating understood the concern but specified that staff would never recommend that the residential part of the property be changed to commercial. When RM -3 comes in for development, a Type A3" buffer along the northern border will be required. The LDRs call for either a Type AC @ buffer with a 3' opaque feature or a Type A4" buffer with an opaque feature. Jim Zengage introduced himself as the applicant and owner of the property. Because of the controversy, he wanted to clear up things concerning the sale of the 38 feet of right-of-way. He offered to forget the 38 feet from the rezoning and cut the line off at the RM -3. They already have an acre and a half for water retention and this 38 feet will not make or break this commercial zoning. Their intent is to change the industrial to CG and do the retail development. John Williams thought the developer did the correct thing and he appreciated the gesture. He also thought the developer should go one step further and dedicate that right-of-way. He also wanted assurance that the developer would pay every penny for that bridge. County Attorney Collins advised that we do require the developer to dedicate right-of-way. We require them to dedicate up to 60 feet, which is the local minimum road standard that anyone would need to properly access their property. When we go over and above a local road acquisition for collector and arterial roads, it is to provide capacity for the public at large that is traveling through that intersection and not just access to the adjoining property. Commissioner Lowther pointed out that Publix also built a bridge off 431d Avenue. That takes traffic off the intersection and he thought this bridge would do the same. Since the developer made his offer, Director Keating specified that the Board now has a small scale land use amendment for the rezoning of 2.99 acres from CH to CG before December 2, 2003 24