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AUG 81979 BOOK 41 PAG, E290 WENDY LANCASTER OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH CONTAINS 290 ACRES MORE OR LESS AND IS UNDEVELOPED, LIES SOUTH AND EAST OF VISTA ROYALE AND IS BORDERED ON THE EAST BY THE INDIAN RIVER. THE MOSQUITO CONTROL DISTRICT IS USING THE FLOOD AND DIKE METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOSQUITOES ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY AND MAINTAINS A LOW WETLAND AREA ALONG THE RIVER. THE APPLICANT PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT MULTI -FAMILY DWELLINGS. MISS LANCASTER STATED THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PARCEL AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE ALONG THE RIVER AND SHOWS THE RE- MAINING PORTION AS MEDIUM DENSITY. THIS PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS TO AREAS PRESENTLY ZONED R-2 WHICH ALLOWS UP TO 15 UNITS PER ACRE; R -2C IS MORE RESTRICTIVE AND WOULD ALLOW UP TO 12 UNITS PER ACRE. MISS LANCASTER NOTED THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING OF R -2C BE CHANGED TO R-213 WHICH WOULD ALLOW ONLY 8 UNITS PER ACRE; HOWEVER, THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE R -2C TO KEEP IT MORE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE NEIGHBORING R-2 ZONING. SHE FURTHER NOTED THAT IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DER AND VARIOUS OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES INVOLVED WITH ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS TO DETERMINE WHAT PORTION OF THIS PARCEL WOULD BE USABLE, AND IT APPEARS ONLY ABOUT 64 ACRES OF THE 290 WILL BE USABLE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT WOULD BIND A PURCHASER TO USING ONLY THE 64 ACRES IF THE PROPERTY WERE TO BE SOLD, AND PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER EXPLAINED THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY REZONED; THE REST WOULD REMAIN R -IA. CHARLES CONNERY, DIRECTOR FOR PETER C. SMITH & ASSOCIATES, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AGO THEY TOOK UNDER CONTRACT AND HAVE SINCE CLOSED ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 317 ACRES, APPROXIMATELY 20-22 ACRES FRONT ON U.S. 1 AND WILL BE USED FOR A 130,000 SQ. FT. SHOPPING CENTER ANCHORED BY WINN DIXIE AND ECKERD DRUGS. THAT LEAVES 290 ACRES, AND OF THIS, APPROXI- MATELY 200 ACRES IS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE. THEY END UP WITH 70-75 ACRES WHICH ARE USABLE. MR. CONNERY NOTED THAT THE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL ON U.S. 1 AND MEDIUM DENSITY UP TO THE SENSITIVE