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Chairman Scurlock believed staff basically is talking about bisecting the property north to south, and Commissioner Eggert felt the CL zoning for the 400' depth would conform to the commercial plaza to the south and asked if it would allow something similar to the Vero Mall. Staff Planner Nearing confirmed that the Vero Mall is approximately 10 acres and Ryanwood Shopping Center is 101 to 11 acres. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Attorney Michael O'Haire came before the Board on behalf of Vista Properties, Inc., the owners of the entire tract in question, and asked that the Board deny the appeal made by staff. He noted, however, that he had understood staff's recommendation would be RM -10 rather than the RM -6 which was just mentioned by Mr. Nearing. Staff Planner Nearing confirmed he had meant to say RM -10. Attorney O'Haire stressed the property's history of commer- cial zoning. noting that this rezoning was occasioned by an application for site plan approval, which application is currently in litigation, and another site plan has been filed for approval because while this was taking place, the Board amended the site plan ordinance to erase a problem that occurred during the first site plan application. Mr. O'Haire pointed out that this property is at the intersection of two arterials, and it conforms in every respect with the policy of this Board in locating commercial nodes at the intersection of major arterials. The Board has not addressed commercial development in the sense of strips along a thoroughfare. This property is surrounded by commercial uses on three sides, and the use of this property for residential is not going to solve the traffic problems that commercial development would solve. The last developer who proposed development of the entire tract committed to over $200,000 of offsite traffic improvements, but to justify that SEP 6 1988 39 wa, 74 u1,JE 9'