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Chairman Scurlock commented that the memo says the OCR <br />minimum open space requirement is 1O% greater than that required <br />for the CL zoning district, and it seems staff is trying to <br />indicate there would be more open space with OCR. <br />Director Keating believed there could be, but when you <br />consider retention requirements, setbacks, etc., a lot of the <br />minimum open space is dictated by other requirements and 20% <br />compared to 30% is not a big handicap. <br />The Chairman noted that the memo also says that retail uses <br />attract substantially more trips than office uses; however, the <br />development characteristics allow construction of three times as <br />much office space as commercial on the same parcel, and as a <br />result when you get to total traffic, it seems that staff is <br />saying their analysis indicated the traffic levels would be <br />similar. He wished to know if that is still their position. <br />Director Keating confirmed that it is, but the difficult <br />thing about looking at hypothetical situations is that there are <br />so many uses that can be allowed that really have different <br />characteristics. <br />Chairman Scurlock pointed out that obviously you can take a <br />particular piece of property and use every possible vehicle to <br />maximize your utilization while realistically, that couldn't <br />happen, and he wished to know if the information presented by the <br />owners of Vista Properties at the Planning & Zoning Commission <br />meeting was a worst case scenario or a reasonable one. <br />Director Keating felt it is not unusual to consider an <br />office building going to 3 stories in height or to look at retail <br />being limited to a single story and he, therefore, believed their <br />presentation was reasonable. He felt that probably the most <br />overriding characteristic here is the compatibility issue and <br />also the compatibility of the access requirement. <br />Chairman Scurlock wished to clarify that when the Commission <br />said we have an interest in looking at OCR, it was because we <br />were trying to find the most reasonable solution with the least <br />DEC 6 '0E8 <br />21 <br />PIO ` 5 F �E 272 <br />