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Attorney Gordon Johnston felt that this request should be looked at differently than the former request and proceeded to give the past history of this property. Back in 1970 there was a contract to purchase by Vista and the owner proposed to have this property rezoned. Back then the Planning Department held a number of meetings and a overall site plan was presented and approved by the County Commission. It was the recommendation to consolidate the commercial zoning into one little node as it now exists, rather than have it strung along U.S. #1. The entire multi-million dollar project was developed with this in mind. The sales brochures through the years have shown this to be designated as a shopping area. The sales documents which were filed with the Secretary of State and with the Clerk of the Circuit Court show the area in question as commercial. Now, after 990 of this project has been developed, Vista is faced with a 12 -year old master plan that is going to be changed. There is no question that with the 1500-1600 units in this particular area, there is need for some service areas, mainly for.the residents of Vista Royale. There would be a decrease in traffic flow on U.S. #1 due to the use of the shops by Vista Royale residents.. There would not be the on-site traffic problem as presented by staff, and explained that ingress and egress would be through the Vista Royale entrance. As far as the property being used for M -D2, Medium Density Residential, it is just not the highest and best use. He felt that because of the various representations that were made to Vista back in the early 1970's in re to utilities and rezoning, they certainly have some vested right to the use of the property, and should be grandfathered in because the development is 99% completed. Chairman Bird pointed out that there was some mention made of designating this area as a neighborhood node. It 67 SEP 211983