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DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS On February 13, 1986, the Planning and Zoning Commission conditionally approved a minor site plan application submitted by the Vero Beach Moose Lodge. Approval was granted to construct a 1,750 square foot addition to the club located on the east side of 43rd Avenue, south of 4th Street. Due to the fact that 43rd Avenue is a primary collector and the subject property is within the General Commercial zoning district, approval was conditioned upon the applicant escrowing $3,471.00 for the construction of a 4 foot wide concrete sidewalk, prior to the issuance of a certi- ficate of occupancy. The minor site plan, which would normally be approved at the Technical Review Committee meeting, was presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission on appeal of TRC's sidewalk requirement. It is the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision to uphold the TRC requirement that the Vero Beach Moose Lodge is appealing at this time. ANALYSIS A. requirement of the Site Plan Ordinance, which was not depicted on the site plan submitted for approval,. is the construction of sidewalks along arterials and primary collectors; 43rd Avenue is a primary collector. In addition, Section 20(A)L of the 'Zoning Code, CG: General Commercial District, states that all site plans within the CG zoning district shall provide sidewalks. No differentiation is made between major and minor site plans with regard to this requirement. The Technical Review Committee informed the applicant that it would be sufficient to escrow the cost of the sidewalk, rather than construct it -at this time; however, the applicant chose to appeal the requirement to the Planning and Zoning Commission. In making their decision to grant conditional approval, the Planning and Zoning Commission cited the fact that the require- ments for sidewalks had been consistently upheld regardless of a project's proximity to existing sidewalks. On November 11, 1985, the Commission approved a minor site plan application submitted by Don's Imports, located approximately J70 feet south of the Moose Lodge. Approval was granted with the condition that funds be escrowed for the construction of a sidewalk, and at that time a sidewalk did not exist within a quarter mile north or south of the auto repair facility. Since then, the Temple Beth Shalom, located approximately 650 feet north of the Moose Lodge, has escrowed funds for the construction of a sidewalk. In addition, Citrus Elementary School is within a mile and one-quarter of the Moose Lodge-. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the appeal by the Vero Beach Moose Lodge be denied, and the Planning and Zoning Commission's conditional approval be upheld.. Leo Franks, Governor of the Vero Beach Moose Lodge, believed that if this was a new building, they would agree to paying for a sidewalk, but pointed out that their building was built in 1979 under the old ordinances. He recalled that they had drainage 34 MAR 19 1986 Boa 63 F*Au 919