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Vacant commercial zoning also exists at the intersection: 1) Wabasso Beach Park - 2.2 acres; 2) Summerplace lot - .23 acres. This vacant acreage equals 2.43 acres that would be included in the node; however, if one assumes that the park and Summerplace lot will be rezoned to residential districts to conform with sound land use practices, there is no additional existing supply of vacant land available with commercial zoning. This however, does still allow 7.21 acres remaining that could potentially be developed and included in the C.R. 510/S.R. A -I -A commercial node. Commercial/Industrial Node at C.R. 510 & U.S.#1 Intersection - The Comprehensive Plan designates a one hundred fifty (150) acre commercial/industrial node at the intersection of C.R.510 and U.S.#1. This node provides an alternative for commercial development which could serve the residents of the north -- barrier island. An evaluation of land availability in this area reveals that presently there are very few commercially zoned parcels suitable for a potential commercial shopping center directly at the intersection. Most of the existing commercial zoning lies within Wabasso Tourist Court Subdivision and Weona Park Subdivision. These two subdivisions comprise 19.27 acres with approximately thirty-two different owners and a significant number of existing building structures on the lots. Attempts to negotiate and acquire sufficient land for a commercial shopping center would be difficult. In addition, replatting of the land would most likely be necessary. Two parcels showing more promise as future commercial centers are located on C.R. 510 to the east of the intersection. Although currently zoned R-3, Multiple Family Dwelling Dis- trict, these parcels could be included in the node. The parcels and acreages are as follows: 1) Earring Point Groves, Inc. - 5.07 acres; 2) K&R Groves - 69.89 acres (1134.45± lineal feet frontage on S.R.510) Traffic Impacts The critical factor in evaluating the location of a commercial shopping area to serve the north barrier island is the traffic capacity of the Wabasso Bridge. The Hutchinson Island Resource Planning and Management Plan designates the capacity of the bridge as 17,000 average daily trips (ADT) at Level of Service "C" and 19,100 ADT at Level of Service "D". The plan also states that the intersections east (S.R.A-1-A) and west (U.S.#1) have, or can easily be modified to, a capacity in excess of the bridge capacity. Currently, according to the Hutchinson Island Plan; the total number of bridge trips generated by existing and approved development or destined for the north beach area are 12,266 ADT. Using the assumptions for traffic generation rates in the Plan, a total number of 23,561 ADT may be expected to occur by the year 2000. Approximately 10a of these total trips may be expected to be internal trips, thereby reducing bridge trips to 21,205 ADT. This would place the bridge at Level of Service "E". 51 BOOK, F,1rE� DEC 5 1984