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acceptable level of service. The applicant agreed to pay for signalization. However, the FDOT has stated that the U.S. #1/1st Street intersection does not meet the warrants. for a signal and will not permit a signal. (FDOT does not want to interrupt the traffic flow on U.S. #1 with another signal). Since the Planning and Zoning meeting of March 10th, staff has determined that there is an alternate improvement which can raise the 1st Street/U.S. #1 level of service to accept- able standard. This improvement would require restricting eastbound 1st Street traffic to southbound right turns only. This could be ensured by placing concrete curbing at the 1st Street/U.S. #1 intersection, effectively prohibiting left turns and through movements. This option has not been reviewed by the Technical Review Committee or the Planning and Zoning Commission. Since the U.S. #1/1st Street intersection is already below the acceptable level -of -service, it is the responsibility of the County to make provisions to bring the intersection up to an acceptable level -of -service. While these level -of -service problems do not need to be corrected immediately, no development impacting the intersection may be approved until the LOS problem is resolved. ' 8. Landscape Plan: The landscape plan is in accordance with Ordinance #84-47. While the proposed site plan meets the minimum landscape requirements, it does not use all available ordinance provisions to maximize tree protection. The parking ordinance allows up to a 10o reduction in the required parking for preserving protected trees. However, the appli- cant is using only 24 of 71 spaces eligible for removal under the tree preservation provision. The Environmental Planning division recommends that a greater effort be made to save protected trees by: a. Deleting more proposed parking spaces by maximizing the protected tree credits available via the parking ordi- nance [Section 24 (b) (8) ] ; or b. The redistribution of compact spaces to save protected trees. Currently, most of the compact spaces are provided in large lineal blocks, away from areas where existing trees can be saved. 9. Drainage Plan: The original Vista Garden's Stormwater Management Plan was designed to accommodate the discharge from the subject property, thereby vesting the Vista Gardens system (including the site's discharge) with the County, SJRWMD, and DER.. Consequently, the project was not required to meet either SJRWMD or the County's permitting criteria. However, during the rains from Hurricane Floyd (close to a 10 year, 24 hour design storm), Vista Gardens experienced localized flooding, causing staff to assess the adequacy of the existing Vista Gardens systems and the expected project impact. After a review of the initial stormwater plan, the staff estimated that, with the proposed design, the discharge from the site would result in an approximate .5 foot increase in the peak stage of the Vista Gardens lake system for the 10 year, 24 hour design storm. This would have produced flooding in the Vista Gardens development. 21 Boot( 71 FACE 449 APR t 1988