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Future Land Use Pattern <br />The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property as MD -1, <br />Medium -Density Residential (maximum of 8 units/acre). All of <br />the property surrounding this site is also designated as MD -1. <br />Farther west of the subject property is the 230 acre I-95 and <br />S.R. 60 commercial/industrial node. <br />Under the General Land Use Policies Section of the Comprehensive <br />Plan, there is a statement concerning commercial and industrial <br />development. It states that, "...commercial/industrial <br />development shall be located in a compact manner to discourage <br />strip development patterns which negatively affect the aesthetic <br />qualityr.safety, land use patterns and traffic handling capacity <br />of.the transportation system." This compact development is to <br />occur in commercial and industrial nodes designated on -the <br />future land use map. <br />At the present time, the area between 82nd Avenue and 100th <br />Avenue, and within 1/2, mile north and south of S.R. 60 contains <br />more than 600 acres of contiguous land which is zoned C-1, <br />Commercial District; B-1, Planned Business District; or LM -1, <br />Light Manufacturing District. Less than 1/2 of this property <br />can be included in the 230 acre commercial/industrial node at <br />I-95 and S.R. 60. <br />A map of the I-95 and S.R. 60 commercial/industrial node was <br />prepared to show the proposed boundaries of the node based on <br />accommodating 230 acres of commercial and industrial property. <br />This map is included as Attachment #2 and reflects the staff's <br />initial attempt to designate the node's boundaries based upon <br />established criteria. <br />The -center of the node is the I -95/S.1,.60 interchange. Using <br />the center of the node, the size constraint of this particular - <br />node, and the existing commercial and industrial development, a <br />perimeter was established. The boundaries were drawn based on <br />the existing commercial and industrial land uses around the <br />center of the node, the infill property which can naturally be <br />expected to develop in commercial or industrial uses in the near <br />future, and the current pattern of residential development in <br />this area. The proposed node boundaries include approximately <br />230 acres. <br />More than '105 acres (almost 1/2) of this node is currently <br />developed in commercial and industrial uses. The existing <br />commercial and industrial nodes designated on the future land <br />use map of the Comprehensive Plan were planned to provide <br />adequate commercial and industrial land for the twenty year life <br />of the plan. In the future, if it is found that the existing <br />nodes do not provide enough space for necessary commercial and <br />industrial land uses, the nodes can be enlarged. If it becomes <br />necessary to enlarge the I-95/S.R. 60 node, the staff feels that <br />future expansion should include the 55 acre tract of land east <br />of the airport and additional land on the north side of S.R. 60. <br />The subject property is 788 feet east of the initial node <br />boundaries delineated by the staff. Including the subject <br />property in the node as initially delineated would add 15 acres <br />to the existing 230 acres already in the node and further <br />stretch the node linearly as strip commercial and industrial <br />development, contrary to the nodal policies of tie plan. <br />49 <br />SEP 7 19,$ 3fi PAG a 'r <br />