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r SEP 19 1994 BOOK 58 determined by the Traffic Department and the DOT that accessing the site would not be an unsafe condition. ' Director Keating believed there is sufficient right of way and sufficient distance to sight cars coming north by drivers pulling out onto U.S. #1. Lengthy discussion took place regarding the traffic problems at the entrance to the proposed site. Commissioner Wodtke felt it is difficult to tie in the traffic problems of Vista Royale to the approval of the proposed site plan, but believed the whole traffic situation there should be reworked and these problems solved in some way. Commissioner Lyons had no problem with the Planning Department's decision, but he did have a problem with the intensity of use of the commercial property, which again comes back to traffic safety. Chairman Scurlock thought that it is a very complicated issue, but he also was very concerned about the intensity of use of this particular project. He believed that the owner of the property has a right to use it for commercial, but when you go from a radio station to traffic generated by a retail center in a very dangerous spot, that is something else again and he intended to vote against the approval of the site plan. Commissioner Lyons questioned the unanimous consent needed to use the private road in Vista Royale because there is other commercial property along the line there in Vista Royale, and he was curious how that was approved. Mr. Luckett explained that property is not part of the association, and it was reserved. Commissioner Bird felt there were good efforts by the developer and the Planning staff to mitigate the negative impact this development would have on the residential area. His main concern, however, was traffic safety, and he stated 64 I