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DEC . 4 1985 - BOOK 62 F'nUE 8 Board could give them some additional commercial zoning as it could go to 8001; this would not, however, take them all the way to 6th Avenue. Commissioner Scurlock expressed concern about the ability to" buffer existing residential use and believed this would make some of the uses there non -conforming. Planner Shearer explained that the main intent originally was to allow more flexibility in rezoning commercial to residen- tial on that eastern boundary, but staff also put in a provision for the possibility of increasing the commercial to the east based on some past Board actions, i.e., the Vista Properties Comprehensive Plan amendment, the Betty Reeves Comprehensive Plan amendment, and the Schlitt rezoning. Commissioner Scurlock agreed that in that commercial corridor area actually the use is quite intense with paint and body shops, etc., which businesses you really don't see from either U.S. 1 or 6th Avenue. Actually it is a hub of activity. Planning Director Keating clarified that what we really are doing is fine tuning the Comprehensive Plan and allowing minor amendments to be made without going through the Comprehensive Plan amendment procedures. He emphasized that in the Zoning Atlas we try very hard not to bisect property lines. Commissioner Scurlock wished to be very sure we have enough specific criteria to look at these situations and decide how to act. Planner Shearer felt what is proposed is quite specific. The first criteria that must be met is that they cannot be more than 800' east of the east right-of-way line, and one of the additional criteria states that they must be located on an arterial street, which limits it to 17th Street or Indian River Boulevard. Commissioner Scurlock asked if the Commission will have the opportunity to look at the surrounding uses as well, and that was -confirmed. M 20 M M