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DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS Adult Communities Total Services (ACTS), Inc., the owner, is appealing the decision of the Planning and Zoning Commission to deny their request to rezone 7.26 acres located north of State r Road 60 and west of 74th Avenue (Range Line Road) from RM -8, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 8 units/acre), to C-lA, Restricted Commercial District. The applicant is requesting that this property be designated as a neighborhood node. On April 4, 1984, this property was rezoned from R-3, Multiple - Dwelling District (up to 15 units/acre), to R -3A, Retirement District. On April 11, 1985, the Board of County Commissioners assigned this property to -the RM -8 Zoning District.. On April 11, 1985, the Planning & Zoning Commission tabled action on this request pending further staff analysis of the criteria to be used in establishing neighborhood nodes. On April 25, 1985, the Planning and Zoning Commission denied this rezoning request. The Commission gave as their reason for denial the fact that the subject property could not meet the neighborhood node distance requirement, one criterion of the neighborhood node Comprehensive Plan ammendment recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission for adoption. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS In this section, an analysis of the reasonableness of the application will be presented. The analysis will include a description of the current and future land uses of the site and surrounding areas, potential impacts on the transportation and utility systems, and any significant adverse impacts on environmental quality. Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property is vacant except for a sales office. North and west of the subject property is land owned by ACTS which is zoned RM -8 and has received site plan approval for a total care facility. East of the subject property, across 74th Avenue, is Village Green, a mobile home park zoned RMH-8, Mobile Home Residential District (up to 8 units/acre). South of the subject property, across State Road 60, is undeveloped land zoned RM -6, Multiple -Family Residential District (up to 6 units/acre). Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan designates the subject property and all of the land around it as MD -1, Medium -Density Residential 1 (up to 8 units/acre). The applicant is proposing that the subject -property be designated as a neighborhood commercial node. Presently, the Comprehensive 'Plan describes neighborhood commercial nodes as follows: SPECIAL POLICIES REGULATING NODAL AREAS 1) Unspecified nodes may include: Neighborhood Commercial Nodes - Neighborhood commercial centers not less than two (2) acres nor in excess of eight (8) acres per center. These neighborhood commercial nodes are designed for public convenience businesses, professional offices and other 17 JUN 12 1985 BOOK 61 ��AcF X03