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noted the county can either have something that will grace the causeway or blight it, and the choice is the Commission's. Commissioner Eggert expressed concern about 6th Ave. and asked if there is any room for it to be widened in the area where it meets 17th St. It was noted that we do not have very much right-of-way in that location, and Commissioner Bird believed some of the right- of-way lines on 6th Avenue cut back practically to people's porches. Chairman Scurlock did not feel the extension of the Boulevard will eliminate the stress of 6th Avenue but just alleviate it some. Commissioner Bird asked how we would approach it if we should want to go commercial, i.e., by a node? Planner Shearer felt the way to approach this would be to provide more flexibility to the U.S.I corridor, which generally runs 600' deep'; we could say that could run all the way to 6th Avenue and could put a condition on it that would limit it to the property on 17th Street. Discussion continued re OCR instead of commercial, and Chairman Scurlock stated that given the constraints of only 2.5 acres, he personally felt OCR is a better approach than commercial as it is a less intense use. Commissioner Eggert commented that if you eliminate the uses listed in their Declaration of Restrictions, she did not know what they cannot do under OCR that they would want to do. Attorney Henderson explained that the Restrictions are in- tended to eliminate about all commercial uses except retail sales and service uses, and under OCR those would only be allowed as an accessory use in a limited space. Planner Shearer confirmed OCR would only allow accessory retail use, and that use could not be free standing; however, it does allow "carry -out only" restaurants, for instance, so you basically could have 20% of the first floor of your building as a 21 BOOK � FEB 17 1987