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M <br />node pursuant to future land .use policy 1.26 would commercial <br />zoning of the site be allowed. Since the Board of County <br />Commissioners terminated neighborhood node approval for the subject <br />property on November 19, 1991, the property must be rezoned to a <br />residential zoning category to be consistent with policy 1.14. <br />Future Land Use Policy 1.24 <br />Future Land Use Policy 1.24 states that commercial and industrial <br />land use designations approved in response to a land use plan <br />amendment request by an applicant shall revert to their former <br />designation if construction on the site has not commenced within a <br />two year period, unless such timeframe is modified by the Board of <br />County Commissioners, as part of a development agreement. The <br />intent of policy 1.24 is the same as the eighteen month <br />construction timeframe incorporated in the CN district <br />requirements. In each case the intent is to discourage <br />speculation, while providing for necessary commercial development. <br />In this instance, the subject property has been designated for <br />neighborhood commercial development for over six years, no <br />development exists on the site and no approved site plans to <br />develop the property exist. This indicates a lack of commitment on <br />the part of the property owner to proceed with site development. <br />During that time, the neighborhood node located across S.R. 60 from <br />the subject site has been developed and occupied. <br />Because of the lack of development activity on this property, the <br />Board of County Commissioners voted on November 19, 1991, to <br />terminate the property's neighborhood commercial node designation. <br />It is staff's position that rezoning the site from CN to RM -8 would <br />be consistent with the CN guidelines contained in Chapter 911 of <br />the LDRs and with Future Land Use Policy 1.24. <br />Future Land Use Policy 10.1 <br />Future Land Use Policy 10.1 states that the county's Land <br />Development Regulations (LDRs) shall include .amortization <br />procedures to ensure that those existing land uses which are non- <br />conforming with the Comprehensive Plan are gradually eliminated. _ <br />Staff feels that the proposed rezoning is consistent with policy <br />10.1. <br />As established, the existing CN zoning of the subject property <br />fails to meet the CN zoning district's minimum separation distance <br />between the site and other neighborhood commercial and commercial <br />nodes. For that reason, rezoning the site to residential would <br />preclude reestablishment of a neighborhood node on the subject <br />property. In addition, the proposed rezoning to residential would <br />eliminate an existing non -conforming zoning designation, consistent <br />with policy 10.1. <br />Finally, it should be noted that no interest has been expressed <br />recently in developing neighborhood commercial uses on either the <br />subject property or in the surrounding area. The last such <br />development interest involved the Seald Sweet site which has now <br />been developed and occupied. <br />Potential Impact on Environmental Quality <br />In that the subject property has already been cleared for <br />development and contains an existing paved driveway and wall, no <br />significant environmental impact is anticipated as a result of this <br />rezoning. <br />Compatibility with the Surrounding Area <br />Compatibility is not a major concern for this property. The <br />.subject property is located centrally within the M-1 land use <br />designation, so the RM -8 rezoning request would be consistent with <br />31 <br />MAR H M2 <br />