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the node is available for commercial development, staff does not feel that there is'justification for enlarging the node at this time. In reviewing this request, the staff also looked at the existing node boundary to determine whether or not some shifting of the boundary was justified in order to accommodate the subject property in the existing 160 acre node. . Because this node boundary was established just last April, the boundaries had been under discussion for more than a year prior to be being adopted, and the fact that the node boundary is fairly specifically described in the Comprehensive Plan, there seems to be little justification for altering the boundary. Any alteration in the boundary without an enlargement of the node would require other property to be removed from the node in order to accommodate the subject property. Based on this analysis, staff does not feel that the 160 acre Kings Highway and State Road 60 node should be enlarged at this time. Since the staff does not feel that the node should be enlarged and because the node boundaries were recently._ adopted, staff does not see any need to adjust the boundaries to include the subject property. If the subject property is not included in the node, then - the requested CG zoning would not be conformance with the Comprehen- sive Plan because the land use designation for the subject property is LD -2, Low -Density Residential 2. Moreover, the proposed CG zoning for the subject property would allow uses that would be incompatible with the single-family development to the north. Transportation System The subject property has direct access to Kings Highway (classified as an arterial street on the County's Thoroughfare Plan). If developed with the property to the south, direct access would also be available to State Road 60 (also classified as an arterial street). Development of the subject property for a community shopping center could attract up to 6,747 average annual daily trips (AADT). If developed with the property to the south, the maximum development of the two properties could attract up to 13,770 AADT. State Road 60 currently carries approximately 15,000 AADT at level -of -service "A". Kings Highway currently carries approximately 5,300 AADT at level -of -service "A". This proposed development would reduce the level -of -service on these two facilities to level -of -service "C". Environment The subject property is not designated as environmentally sensitive nor is it in a flood -prone area. Utilities County water is available for the subject property, and County waste- water facilities will be available in the near future. RECOMMENDATION Based on the above analysis, particularly the fact that less than twenty (20%) percent of the node's acreage is used or being developed for commercial uses and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommen- dation, staff recommends that the node not be enlarged. Based on the recommendation not to enlarge the node, the fact that including the subject property in the node would require deleting another property from the node, and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommenda- tion, staff recommends that the node boundary not be altered to include the subject property. Based on the recommendation that the subject property not be included in the node, the fact that the subject property abuts a single-family subdivision to the north, and the Planning and Zoning Commission's recommendation, staff recommends that the request to rezone the subject property to CG be denied. 31 DEC 41985 3