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I OCT 17 1984 BooK 58 pnF 672 pointed out that with the B-1, offices would be aP ermissable use. Commissioner Bird asked to what depth Mr. Robinson felt the B-1 should go, and Mr. Robinson did not know, but suggested the Board should look at the type of land owners, and determine whether they are mainly absentee owners, etc., and then do some more work on this. Planning Director Keating informed the Board that the issue of offices came up a while back, and staff has prepared a draft report and will have a workshop to look into whether offices should be allowed in some of the higher residential areas. Planner Shearer commented that staff did look at property configurations, and it seems that just about everybody owns two or more lots. Rivers Anderson, owner of property in the area, pointed out that while 160 acres of industrial has been added to the industrial/commercial node in the last few years, most of this was on the west of I-95. He emphasized that the primary demand for commercial actually is from I-95 towards town; almost nothing west of I-95 is commercial. Mr. Anderson went on to argue that residential will impact the traffic more than commercial; he anticipated that there will be 3,000 new rooftops in this area in the next ten years, or over 6,000 more people, who are going to need a place to shop nearby so they don't impact the rest of the SR 60 area. Mr. Anderson, therefore, did not feel that just going to the depth of 8 lots in Paradise Park will provide adequate commercial area for that vicinity. He further noted that most of the first block is owned by a corporation in Miami, and this would be ideally suited for commercial development. Mr. Anderson hoped the Board, to combat the strip effect, would consider allowing the B-1 to a greater depth than 8 lots. Commissioner Bird understood what Mr. Anderson was suggest- ing, but felt that those people who bought those lots years ago undoubtedly bought them for residential. Wi