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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: (Continued) The subject property is presently served by the County Fire Station #3, located on 43rd Avenue. The estimated Code 2 (sirens used) response time is 5-6 minutes. This time would be reduced after completion of the Village Green Fire Station. That station does not have municipal or County water/sewer service. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The Land Use Element of the Indian River County Comprehensive Plan outlines a policy of limiting strip commercial development by concentrating commercial and industrial uses in centrally located nodal areas. The following general design criteria are listed for industrial uses: 1) Areas of industrial development shall offer direct access to available modes of transportation. 2) Adequate utilities shall be provided in design of the development. 3) Physical separation or buffering shall be provided between most industrial and other uses. The subject property is located adjacent to the I-95/SR #60 interchange. I-95 is a primary shipping and receiving route. Further, the 1981 traffic counts on I-95 (5,445 ADT south- bound, 5,581 ADT northbound) account for only 18% of the total capacity based on Level Service "C". SR #60 provides inter- city transportation services. Based on Level Service ""C:, the present 2, 100 ADT uses only 18% -'of 'the -total oapacity. Thus , the subject property has two major transportation modes readily available to it. The New Hibiscus Airport is also located within the area and offers both freight and commercial air services. The I-95 transportation corridor provides a clear separation between light industrial and manufacturing activities located on the west and the established highway commercial uses to the east. Further, the interchange itself provides a mechanism to prevent a disruptive mix of industrial and highway commercial traffic. There is approximately 1,000 feet of F.D.O.T. limited access along SR #60 which assures development of a frontage road. This frontage road and the limited access design are part of the design criteria specified in the performance standards of the Land Use Element. The scope of the analysis of the rezoning request, includes the nodal (interchange) area and the MD -1, Medium Density area as a whole. The proposed rezoning to.R-1MP, Mobile Home Park, would allow a maximum, gross density of 8 units/acre with a total maximum of 1,080 units. That level of development would increase traffic on SR #60, west of I-95 by 637 total trips both during morning and evening peak hours. This will decrease the exist- ing capacity by 50% based on a policy of maintaining Level "C" Service. This is based on a 100% eastern directional split. In addition to the impact on the total capacity, the proposed mobile home park will mix "residential" traffic with the traffic generated by the highway commercial uses on SR #60 east of I-95 and the industrial uses west of I-95. The majority of the mobile homes are located along the SR #60 corridor east of I-95. There are 3,709 mobile homes in Indian River County (1980 Census, Housing Profile) which represents 12.6% of the total housing units in the County. Mobile homes constitute 9.1% 81 SEP 151952 M fax. 51 •irt E " 8