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MAY 1 1985 BOOK C0 Pf�r,F 766 TO: The Honorable Members DATE: April 17, 1985 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: SUBJECT: Robert M. Kea inch, -j ICP Planning & Devel ent Director FROM: fichard Shearer, AICP REFERENCES: Chief, Long -Range Planning C. L. LAFEVERS, JR. REQUEST TO REDESIGNATE 1.95 ACRES FROM MD -2, TO COMMERCIAL, AND APPEAL OF PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RM -10, TO C-1 CPA -023 CHIEF It is requested that the data herein presented be given,.formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of May 1, 1985. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS s: Mr. C. L. LaFevers, Jr., the owner, is requesting to amend the Comprehensive Plan by redesignating 1.95 acres located at the northwest corner of 8th 'Street and 6th Avenue from MD -2, Medium -Density Residential 2 (up to 10 units/acre), to Com- mercial, and is appealing the Planning and Zoning Commission's denial of request to rezone from RM -10, Multiple -Family Res- idential District (up to 10 units/acre), to C-1, Commercial District. The applicant owns an additional 3.96 acres of land immediately west of the subject property which is designated commercial and zoned C-1. On February 14, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3 -to -1 to recommend that this request to amend the Comprehensive Plan be denied. The Commission also voted 3 -to -1 to deny this rezoning request. The Planning and Zoning Commission gave as their reasons the facts that they felt 6th Avenue was primarily a residential street, that commercial development should not extend beyond the 600 foot commercial corridor east of U.S.1 in this area, and that this property could reasonably be developed for residential use. On April 3, 1985, the Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on this request but tabled action until the May 1, 1985 meeting. During the interim, the staff was instructed to review the potential traffic impacts of commercial develop- ment of this site. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS In this section, an analysis of th application will be presented. The description of the current and future surrounding areas, potential impacts c utility systems, and any significant vironmental quality. Existing Land Use Pattern e reasonableness of the analysis will include a land uses of the site and )n the transportation and adverse impacts on en - The subject property is undeveloped. North of the subject property, across .8th Place, is a subdivision containing sin- gle-family dwellings and duplexes which is zoned RM -10. East 50