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TO: The Honorable Members DATE: December 3, 1984 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners REQUEST FOR DIRECTION SUBJECT: REGARDING MAXIMUM DENSITIES FOR MD -2 AREA FROM: Robert M. Keating, AId EFERENCES: Planning & Development Director It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at its regular meeting of December 12, 1984. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS At its regular meeting of November 28, 1984, the Board of County Commissioners approved two rezoning requests for property in the area between U.S. #1 and the Indian River, south of 17th Street. Although this area is designated MD -2 (up to 10 units per acre) on the Land Use Plan, the Board of County Commissioners approved the proposed rezonings only after the applicants agreed to reduce their requested densities from ten to eight units per acre. Both rezonings in question involved land zoned for sin- gle-family use. To utilize their property for more intense multi -family uses, the applicants needed to have their property rezoned to a higher density multi -family use. While other properties in this area which currently have single-family zoning will require a rezoning before the property can be used for multi -family development, some properties already have an R-2 zoning designation (up to 15 units per acre). In such cases the R-2 zoning would be capped at ten units per acre by the underlying MD -2 land use designation, and the property could be developed at a density of up to ten units per acre. ALTERNATIVES At this time, the staff requests direction from the Board as to how to proceed in relation to development reviews in this geographic area of the County. The principal issue to be resolved is whether the recent action by the Board in limiting densities in this area to eight units per acre should be applied to all parcels in the area designated as MD -2 on the Land Use Plan. If so, that will require Coun- ty -initiated rezonings to downzone various parcels already designated for ten units per acre. The staff has identified the following alternatives: °No Action This would allow those parcels currently having an R-2 zoning classification to develop at ten units per acre. It would allow the Commission to rn r ` F 201 0 E G 12 19'Cw-`;"