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TO: The Honorable Members DATE: May 5, 1986 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: SUBJECT: EXPIRATION OF Robert M. Keat ng, CP NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL Planning & Development Director NODES FROKic�ha d shearer, REFERENCES: Chief, Long -Range Planning It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of May 14, 1986. --DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS On January, 29, 1986, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Ordinance No. 86-15 which converted the nonresidential zoning districts to new commercial and industrial zoning districts adopted during 1985 so that all zoning in the unincorporated part of the County would conform to the County's Comprehensive Plan. At the public hearing to.'adopt this ordinance, a question came up about converting commercially -zoned lands in neighborhood commercial nodes to the CN, Neighborhood Commercial District. An individual objected to having his property changed to the CN district because the district regulations contain a provision that states: "All neighborhood commercial node approvals shall terminate and become null and void if construction has not commenced... within eighteen (18) months of the date of approval." The individual stated that 18 months was an insufficient amount of time to prepare a site plan,d@quire financing, and commence construction. Based on this discussion, the Board directed the staff to review the 18 month time limitation and further define the procedures for terminating a neighborhood node. The CN district was created specifically to implement the Comprehensive Plan's provision for neighborhood commercial nodes. Neighborhood commercial nodes do not appear on the land use map and are intended to supplement the nodes designated on the map. Because of the strict locational criteria in the Comprehensive Plan, very few neighborhood nodes can be located in small areas. In order not to preclude commercial development in these areas through. the granting of a neighborhood node, it was determined that these node approvals should expire if the property was not developed in a reasonable amount of time. This is implemented through the 18 month termination provision in the CN district. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS The staff feels that in order to terminate a neighborhood commercial node the property would have to be down -zoned from CN to an appropriate residential zoning district. In order to accomplish this downzoning based on the 18 month time limitation, the rezoning would have to be -initiated approximately 15 months after the node had been designated. Staff does feel it might be difficult in some cases for a developer to have a neighborhood commercial development under construction' within -fifteen months. 27 BOOK 4?7 MAY 14 1986