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for 71 off-street parking spaces, exceeding the minimum required number of spaces. The drainage plan, landscape plan, and proposed utilities design all meet County standards and have been approved. The applicant -has agreed to install a 4 ft. wide public sidewalk, grant a 22 ft. wide marginal access easement, and install the majority of the marginal access road with the remainder of the road to be escrowed. The surrounding land uses consist of the Holiday Inn Motel to the east, a 7-11 store to the west, a mobile home park to the south and the Days Inn Motel to the north, across S.R. 60. On August 7, 1986, Carter Associates, Inc. on behalf of their clients formally appealed several conditions attached to the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of the First Inn Vero site plan. The appealed conditions concern the median cut and other required traffic improvements in front of the project. Specifically, the appeal concerned conditions l.a. and 2.c. These conditions being: A 1. Prior to release of the site plan, the applicant shall: a. agree to construct the S.R. 60 median improvements recommended by the traffic engineer and- submit plans - showing the closing of the 88th Avenue median cut and the installation of a left -turn lane in" the S.R. 60 median to service the Holiday Inn, the 7-11, and the proposed site. These plans shall conform to the design standards and criteria and be approved by the FDOT and the County Public Works Department. This condition shall be subject to FDOT approval of the project. 2. Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy;- the applicant shall: C. construct a westbound left -turn lane in the =S.R. 60 median to service the site, and close the 88th Avenue median cut. All construction shall -meet Coun_t_y and FDOT design specifications. The applicants' contention is that, because this project does not exceed the 1,000 annual daily trips which would automatically require the noted off-site improvements but only adds to the existing traffic at this point of S.R. 60, the full cost of the improvements should not be assessed to this project. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS As per County Code, whenever a project is expected to attract an annual average of more than 1000 daily trips or 60 trips during peak hours of operation on an annual average basis, the project shall provide such off site improvements such as acceleration, deceleration, and turning lanes as needed [Sec. 23.3(D)(4)(a)]. The figures used to compute annual average daily and peak hour trip rates for a proposed use are found in a manual released by the the National Transportation Research Board located in Washington, D.C. The averages used are based on national surveys of traffic generated/attracted by specific uses. In reviewing this site plan staff examined the traffic impact of this project on the existing median design, both individually and in combination with the existing uses. Though it was. found that tis project did not attract 1,000 trips by itself, when combined with the existing motel and convenience store, the total trips greatly exceed 1,000. Further analysis of the median design at this location revealed several additional problems. These are: 1. no deceleration lane for westbound left -turn traffic on a 55 mph highway; 2. the current storage area for westbound vehicles wishing to make left --turns is limited to one vehicle; 29 SEP 2 Boor 65 F,,4,c 567 L_