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BOOK 62 WE 501 along U.S. 1 which would discourage strip commercial development along U.S. 1, a stated objective of the Comprehensive Plan. Staff feels that conditions have changed in this area since the Comprehensive Plan was adopted. When the Plan was adopted, the County had plans to extend Storm Grove Road to connect with U.S. 1. An 80 acre commercial node was established at this proposed intersection -to serve the area west of U.S. 1 including the Bent Pine development. . Subsequently, the County changed its road• building priorities to 16th Street, Indian River Boulevard and Lindsey Road (49th Street). Because of this change in priorities and the fact that there has been no commercial development in the Storm Grove Road/U.S. 1 area since the Plan was adopted, it no longer seems appropriate to maintain an 80 acre node at this proposed intersection. The proposed 10 acre node will include the existing commercial uses in the general area of the node and some infill property. In analyzingthe tourist/commercial node request, staff con- sidered the fact that the subject property was altered from its natural state several years ago. At that time, the subject property was dredged and filled to form a harbor, and a channel was dredged to connect the harbor to the Intra -Coastal Waterway in the Indian River. These factors make this property appropri- ate for the location of a marina. Moreover, the staff reviewed the Comprehensive Plan policies relative to tourist/ commercial nodes and found the following provision: Tourist commercial nodal areas are designated on the Land Use Map. However, future demands may justify designation of additional areas. Staff feels that this provision of the Comprehensive Plan, together with the fact that the subject property has been altered for a marina, justifies consideration for establishing a tour- ist/commercial node in this area. The staff offers the following comments on the rezoning requests: 1) Request to rezone approximately 235 acres from C-lA, RS -1, and RS -6 to RM -6: The proposed RM -6 zoning is in conformance with the MD -1 land use designation and -is consistent with the existing RM -6 zoning for the majority of the Grand Harbor site; the requested density is 25% less than the maximum density allowed by the MD -1 land use designation, applicable to the subject property; 2) Request to rezone 19.29 acres from C -1A and RM -6 to CL: The proposed CL zoning is consistent with the proposal to expand the existing commercial/industrial node located east of U.S. 1 between North Gifford and South Gifford Roads to cover the proposed Grand Harbor office park; 3) Request to rezone 60.73 acres from RS -1, RS -6, and RM -6 to CG: The proposed CG zoning is in conformance with the proposed tourist/commercial node. The CG zoning district is the least intensive zoning district that allows commercial marinas; 4) Request to rezone 28.38 acres from C -1A and RM -6 to CG: The proposed CG zoning is in conformance with the proposal to expand the U.S. 1 and Gifford Roads node and is consistent with the staff's plans to recommend that the land in this node lying south of the subject property be zoned CG; 5) Request to rezone 3.25 acres from RM -6 to CG: The proposed rezoning is in conformance with the proposed tourist/commercial node. The CG zoning district is the least intensive zoning district that allows commercial marinas. 52