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JUL 15 1996 <br />BOOK 65 PAGE 46 7 <br />analysis of <br />vacant land <br />appropriate for <br />industrial development, <br />the staff <br />determined that expansion of this node .would be <br />appropriate <br />to provide <br />for more larger <br />tracts available for <br />industrial <br />which the node <br />development. <br />The major issue <br />then is the extent to <br />should be <br />enlarged. One <br />alternative is to keep <br />the node at <br />240 acres. <br />The second alternative would increase the node by 160 acres which <br />would provide for some additional commercial or industrial <br />development. The advantages of this alternative are that it <br />would enlarge the node to include the 100 acre parcel of land <br />between I-95 and the Hetra Corporation's property, square off the <br />node in the southwestern quadrant, and include property fronting <br />on County Road 512 which is located in Vero Lake Estates and Pine <br />Lake Estates Subdivision. The disadvantages of this alternative <br />are that the 100 acre parcel and the property in the southwestern <br />quadrant of the node do not have good access to the <br />transportation system. <br />Alternative 3 would include all of the property in alternative 2 <br />and a 200 acre parcel in the northeastern quadrant of the node. <br />The advantages of this alternative are that it would provide a <br />large area for commercial and industrial development. The <br />disadvantage is that this additional parcel does not have direct <br />access to the transportation system. <br />Alternative 4 would add a 100 acre parcel in the northwest <br />quadrant of the node and a 32 acre parcel in the northeast <br />quadrant of the node to the property proposed in alternative <br />three. The advantages of this alternative are that it would <br />include more land in this area for commercial and industrial <br />development. The disadvantage is that these parcels do not have <br />access to the transportation system. <br />Alternative 5 would expand the node to 1,000 acres. 140 acres <br />would be included in the northwestern quadrant of the node, and <br />60 acres would be included in the northeastern quadrant of the <br />node in addition to the land proposed in alternative four. The <br />advantages of this proposal are that it would provide additional <br />land for commercial and industrial development, and access is <br />provided to parcels north and south of C.R. 512 in the western <br />portion of the node. <br />Transportation System <br />All of the parcels of land located in the vicinity of the <br />I-95/C.R. 512 Commercial/ Industrial node have either primary of <br />secondary access to County Road 512 (designated as an arterial on <br />the Thoroughfare Plan). The existing interchange at County Road <br />512 and I-95 provides access to the major north -south <br />transportation system for the State of Florida. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Although the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the <br />node be increased to 1000 acres, the staff, based on the above <br />analysis, recommends that the C.R. 512/I-95 Commercial/Industrial <br />node be enlarged from 240 to 400 acres. The staff feels that the <br />proposed 400 acre node will fulfill the commercial and industrial <br />needs of this area throughout the twenty-year life of the <br />comprehensive plan based on the limited amount of existing <br />commercial and industrial development in this area. <br />45 <br />M M M <br />