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of the subject property, across 6th Avenue, is a child care facility, old citrus groves, and two single-family dwellings zoned RM -10. South of the subject property, across 8th Street, is a single-family residence and undeveloped land zoned RM -10 and C-1. West of the subject property is undeveloped land zoned C-1. Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property, and the land north, east, and southeast of it, as MD -2, Medium -Density Residential 2 (up to 10 units/acre). The land west and south- west of the subject property is designated as part of the U.S.1 Commercial Corridor which extends 600 feet east of U.S.1 between the City of Vero Beach on the north and 4th Street on the south. The Commercial Corridor was established to reflect the C-1 zoning district boundary and the existing commercial development when the Land Use Plan was adopted. There are three general alternatives for the future development of the subject property. One alternative is to amend the land use plan and rezone the property -to allow commercial develop- ment of the entire 5.91 acre parcel. The second alternative is to leave the subject property (1.95 acres) as MD -2 and zoned multiple -family to be developed in residential uses and allow the remaining part of the parcel (3.96 acres) to develop commercially. A third alternative is to amend the land use plan and rezone the property such that the zoning district boundaries are squared off instead of crossing the property diagonally. Alternative 1 Under the first alternative, the subject property would be redesignated as commercial on the land use plan and rezoned commercial. Redesignating the subject property as commercial would deviate from the 600 foot depth of the commercial corri- dor. This deviation would encourage other property owners east of the commercial corridor to apply for a commercial land use designation and would encourage strip commercial develop- ment along 6th Avenue which is currently a residential street. This alternative will also allow for development of a use which is incompatible with the existing single-family use to the north, and it will create additional traffic on 6th Avenue, a secondary collector roadway which already carries a heavy volume of traffic. Alternative 2 The second alternative is to leave the property designated residential and zoned for multi -family development. Based on the size of the property (1.95 acres), the current land use designation and zoning would allow 19 multiple -family units. The development of 19 multiple -family units on the subject property would be a reasonable use of the property based on the existing single-family and duplex development north and east of the subject property and the potential commercial development of the land to the west. 51 MAY 1 1985 BOOK 0 P ,E 787