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effect as yet, they would like to least comply with what the Board has conceived to be a neighborhood node. Attorney Henderson noted that the Planning 8 Zoning Commission's sole reason for denial was the distance requirements as it related to the 1-95 node. He stressed, however, that his client's feel this location is ideal for a small commercial neighborhood node which would meet the unique needs of Indian River Estates, a life care community. George Logie, General Contractor for the development, believed that in the future the bulk of the population will reside on the north side of SR -60, and what they are looking to do there is to simply have a small area to supply basic needs and some services to not only their own community of 475 senior citizens, but also to the residents in the surrounding area. They want the facility to be an asset to the community. In conclusion, Mr. Logie confirmed that reducing the size of the neighborhood node to 3 acres would not be a problem. Commissioner Wodtke asked if there would be commercial uses within the complex, and Mr. Logie explained that if permission is received for a commercial neighborhood node, they would not build commercial establishments in the complex itself. If this is denied, they would have to include some type of gift and snack shops in the complex. Commissioner Bird asked if we have the ability to disregard our distance requirements that we have set and go ahead and grant this request today, and Attorney Brandenburg advised that there is some flexibility in determining the one -mile distance because we have not set specifically the node from which we are measuring. In addition, the ordinance is not yet in effect. However, the Board has been applying certain policies over a period of time and has now formalized them into an ordinance. That policy is an elaboration of what is already in the Comp Plan which states that a neighborhood node is to be within 2-8 acres and that the 21 i BOOK PA'E 207