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M DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS Fellsmere Development Corporation, the owner, is requesting to amend the Comprehensive Plan by enlarging the 175 acre commer- cial/industrial node at the intersection of 'I-95 and County Road 512 to 240 acres and is requesting to rezone 49.02 acres located ,north of County Road 512 and west of I-95 from A, Agricultural District, and C-1, Commercial District, to CG, General Commercial District. Included with this application is a request by the Planning Department to enlarge the node by 16 acres for a total increase of 65 acres. The applicants intend to develop this property for a shopping center. On September 12, 1985, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 4 -to -0 to recommend approval of this Comprehensive Plan amend- ment request and voted 4 -to -0 to recommend approval of the rezoning request. 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 en- vironmental quality. Existing Land Use Pattern The subject property and the land north of it is undeveloped. East of the subject property, across I-95, 'are the Wayfara Restaurant, a Dairy Queen, and a real estate office zoned C-1. South of the subject property, across County Road 512, is vacant land zoned C-1. West of the subject property is unde- veloped land zoned A. Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan generally designates the subject proper- ty and the land around it as AG,. Agricultural (up to .2 units/acre). However, the Plan also designates a 175 acre commercial/industrial node at the intersection of I-95 and County Road 512. In December of 1983, this node was enlarged from 150 to 175 acres in order to accommodate Hetra Computers and Communication's property. A tentative node boun'ary was prepared then- to include the existing commercial uses, the Hetra property, and the necessary infill. That node boundary did not include any property west of I-95. Subsequently, the County held three workshops to discuss the future function of the nodes. At those workshops, it was determined that the Planning Department should review all of the nodes to determine if they were large enough to accommodate the future demand for commercial and industrial land in the County. Conditions have changed in this area since the Compre- hensive Plan was adopted. Hetra has received site plan ap- proval for their developmentpand most of the land in the node is in existing or committed commercial or industrial uses. Enlarging the node would provide for additional commercial uses to locate west of I-95. The staff feels that this node should include all four corners of the I-95 and County Road 512 interchange and. that in order to include all four corners in the node the node must be enlarged. 13 OCT 16 1905 MCA 62 fAuE 404