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r JAN 2 3 1995 BOOK F10F.647 Mary Jane Goetzfried, Chief of Current Development, presented staff's recommendation that the Board reverse the decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of the subject site plan. She pointed out the egress and ingress locations to the proposed bank and office building on a map of the intersection of AlA and CR -510 and explained that staff feels the applicant is asking to develop the site too intensely and that an office building would be more appropriate on that corner as it would not generate as much traffic. She reported that the Public Works Dept. also disapproves of the site plan because they feel the entrance and exit off of AIA are too close to the intersection and would cause a traffic hazard; they recommend instead that the entrance to the development be limited to Shell Lane, a private road on the northern edge of the property. In addition, Mrs. Goetzfried advised that a 4 -ft. concrete median strip is proposed on AIA which would make a left-hand turn lane into the site impossible. Commissioner Bird hoped that staff has some fairly positive criteria they use in determining whether or not they are going to appeal either an approval or denial of a site plan. Robert Keating, Planning & Development Director, stated that they don't have any specific written policy in relation to this, but he assured the Commission that staff does not make an appeal of this type very often. In this case, staff was basing their appeal on concepts in the traffic element of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and also the fact that the Technical Review Committee has identified a problem in accessing the site. Administrator Wright assured the Board that this matter was brought to the Board only after considerable thought and discussion. Commissioner Scurlock recalled some extensive debate at a recent Board meeting in regard to what traffic would be generated by that intersection in relation to development of the north barrier island. 26