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Because this node is described as being north of the hospital, the 75 acre hospital campus was not included in the node. The node boundary does include all of the medically -related commercial and institutional uses around the hospital and includes all of the property proposed zoned Medical District except for the hospital property. P Posednodeboundarysplitsonly three properties. One of these splits is because part of a property is in the City of Vero Beach. The other two parcels that were split are very large parcels (over 40 acres) and the boundary follows the Medical District zoning boundary. RECOMMENDATION Based on the above analysis, including the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation, staff recommends approval of the 130 acre hospital/commercial node boundaries. Commissioner Wodtke was concerned about a portion of the Geoffrey Subdivision being included in the node. Mr. Shearer explained that several property owners in that subdivision expressed an interest in medically -related commercial uses. In addition, there is an existing commercial use at the corner of U.S. #1 and 37th Street. Staff felt that since this was the entrance to the hospital, it might be more appropriate to be in a medically related use rather than residential. Director Keating pointed out that this node specifies that residential uses are permitted in the node; therefore, a residential use would not be incompatible with the land use designation. Mr. Shearer explained that Blocks 14 & 15 of the Geoffrey Subdivision contain just a few dwellings while the northern section of the subdivision is more densely developed. Chairman Lyons asked why the hospital property is not included in the 130 acres and Mr. Shearer explained that staff feels the intent of the Land Use map was to have 130 acres of medically -related uses, but agreed that the node 28 APR 10 1985 BOOK 60 FnE 459