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Presently, the node contains 14.37 acres of developed commer- cial property, 71.99 acres of vacant land which is commercially zoned and which should be included in the node, and 36.24 acres of land which is zoned residential or agricultural and is infill property which can naturally be expected to be rezoned and developed in commercial uses in the near future. This is a total of 122.6 acres which should be included in the node, leaving 17.4 acres of the 140 acre node designation currently unallocated. In addition, part of the node acreage should be allocated to the southwest corner of the S.R. 60 and Kings Highway intersection. The other three corners each have at least 18 acres of allocation. All of the unallocated acreage remaining in the node could logically be allocated to the southwest corner of the intersection. However, one of the provisions of the Comprehensive Plan is that commercial zoning will be established for nodal areas based on demand and the proximity of a particular parcel of land to the center of the node. The southwest corner of the S.R. 60 and Kings Highway intersection is closer to the center of the node than the subject property, but there has been greater demand for com- mercial zoning on the northside of S.R. 60 at the Kings Highway intersection (the northeast and northwest corners are zoned C-1; the southeast and southwest corners are zoned A). At the present time, the zoning of the subject property, multiple -family, would provide a good land use buffer between the oten tial commercial uses t P o the east and the single-family residences to the west. Rezoning the subject property to C-1 would stretch the node further to the west, encouraging strip commercial development. However, due to the small size of the subject property, .7 acres, it could be included in the node, leaving 16.7 acres of land which could be allocated to the southwest corner of S.R. 60 _and Kings Highway. In addition, there is vacant land immediately west of the subject proPerty which is zoned for multi -family housing that would provide a narrow land use buffer between the subject property and the single-family residences to the west. If the subject property is rezoned to C-1 it should be considered der d as the western boundary of the node._ Any further westward expansion of the commercial zoning wourc adversely affect the single-family residences in the area, and it would create an incompatible land use pattern. Transportation Svstem: y, The subject property has direct access to S.R. 60 (classified as an arterial street on the Thoroughfare Plan). Commercial development of the site could attract up to 1,158 average annual daily trips (AADT) which would lower the level -of - service on S.R. 60 from "B+" to "B". If developed in multi- family housing, the subject property would generate 26 AADT. Environment: The subject property is not designated as environmentally sensitive nor is it in a flood -prone area. Utilities County water and wastewater facilities are not available for the subject property. However, County water facilities will be available in the near future,and the applicant has applied for a utility franchise to provide water and wastewater facilities to this site and the approved adjacent multi -family develop- ment. "28 41 APR 18 1984 BOOK 56 PAGE 161