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- W W TO: The Honorable Members DATE: July 7, 1986 FILE: of the Board of County Commissioners DIVISION HEAD CONCURRENCE: �c., SUBJECT: COUNTY INITIATED REQUEST Robert M. Keati g, tYr P TO AMEND THE COMPRE- Planning & Development Director HENSIVE PLAN BY ENLARGING THE I-95/C.R. 512 COM - THROUGH: Richard Shearer MERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL NODE Chief, Long -Range Planning FROM 240 ACRES TO UP TO FROKobert G. Melsom REFERENCES:000 ACRES Staff Planner, Long -Range Planning It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their special meetings of July 15 and July 29, 1986. DESCRIPTION & CONDITIONS The County is initiating a request to amend the Comprehensive Plan by increasing the size of the I-95/C.R. 512 commercial/ industrial node from 240 acres to up to 1,000 acres. On January 15, 1986, the Board of County Commissioners adopted the boundaries for the 240 acre node. At that meeting, the Board instructed the staff to explore the possibilities of enlarging the node up to 1000 acres. On March 13, 1986, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 3 -to -2 to recommend that this node be enlarged to 1,000 acres. ALTERNATIVES & ANALYSIS In analyzing this request, staff prepared four alternatives to the existing 240 acre node. The first alternative would encompass 400 acres, the second alternative would encompass 600 acres, the third alternative would encompass 800 acres, and the fourth alternative would encompass 1000 acres. Existina Land Use Pattern The current 240 acre node boundary includes the following commercial and industrial uses: Wayfara Travel Center (Gulf Service Station and Dairy Queen), a recreational vehicle park under construction, and the Sebastian Lakes Sales Center. In addition, the node boundary includes the Hetra Corporation property, upon which a computer manufacturing facility is under construction. This node is surrounded by undeveloped land to the north, south, east and west. Future Land Use Pattern The Comprehensive Plan designates the land to the southeast of the proposed -enlarged node as LD -1, Low -Density Residential 1 (up to 3 units/acre), and the land to the north, west and south as AG, Agricultural (up to .2 units/acre). The staff has prepared four alternatives based on the Board of County Commissioners' direction to analyze the possibility of enlarging the node up to 1,000 acres. A brief analysis including the advantages and disadvantages will be offered. Each of the four alternatives involves increasing the size of the node. Based upon the staff's analysis of the availability of large industrial tracts in the County which are available for development, a defficiency in the amount of that type of land was noted. Coupled with the County's recent efforts to attract more industry, this represents a change in policy and need since the Comprehensive Plan was first adopted. Given those factors and an 44 JUL 15 1986 Boa 65 PnE 45