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Commissioner Bowman explained that "appearance" was intended as a general word; for instance, she would object to a Zippy Mart with an orange roof in front of a beautiful condo complex. Mrs. Offut did not argue with that but asked what if you built by something similar to the Pocahontas Building? Commissioner Bowman felt maybe we do need architectural review, but Mrs. Offutt believed Vero has done very well and developed very nicely without it. Chairman Lyons again noted it seems there are questions to be answered and possibly we should continue the public hearing . Commissioner Bird commented that he was not ready to vote, but he did not really know what to tell staff to do either. Commissioner Wodtke stated that he felt comfortable in adopting the proposed ordinance with some minor changes. If we run into specific problems, we can change it, and he did feel it is a good tool. Discussion ensued on size of nodes, and Commissioner Scurlock noted that Winn Dixie is not a neighborhood node nor Eckerds, and Director Keating pointed out that the Vero Mall is around eight acres, and that is why they are proposing the acreage be reduced to six. Commissioner Bird inquired about the situation discussed by Attorney Caldwell where someone has already used up the six acres and asked what ACTS option would be re applying to the county to create a general commercial node of 20-30 acres at that inter- section. Director Keating stated that they could come in twice a year for a Comp Plan amendment and request that a general commercial node be located there. Discussion continued at length as to size of nodes, and whether six acres actually wasn't more than is needed for a neighborhood type node. It was noted that the small node by Vista Gardens being developed by John Lyon is about 2.5 acres. 53 JUN 5 1995 BOOK 61 PAGE 9