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E'JAP � o 1992 BOOK 60 PAGE J59 the property's future land use plan map designation. In addition, properties to the west, north and east have zoning categories which allow up to 8 units/acre as well; Indian River Estates is zoned RM - 8 and Village Green is zoned RMH-8. While property to the south has a CN, Neighborhood Commercial node designation, it is already developed with the Seald Sweet administrative offices, and expansion of that CN node will be prohibited through size and dimension criteria of the county's LDRs and the node policies of the comprehensive plan. For those reasons, staff supports this request. The PRO District As indicated in the Description and Conditions section of the report, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners rezone the subject property to PRO, Professional Office District, instead of RM -8 as recommended by planning staff. The Planning and Zoning Commission's action occurred for several reasons. First, the commission felt that the subject property, based upon size and location, was too small for multi -family development. Second, the commission felt that the site met the conditions to be rezoned PRO. Finally, the commission felt that a professional office use would be appropriate for the site. It is planning staff's position that the site does not meet the necessary criteria to be rezoned PRO. Like CN, PRO zoning allows non-residential uses to be located in areas designated as residential on the county's land use plan map. Also like CN, the PRO district involves various criteria which must be met in order to establish PRO zoning on a site. These criteria are incorporated in Section 911.10(9)(x) of the county's land development regulations. According to these criteria, a PRO district must be at least 5 acres in size unless it abuts a commercial node or corridor, whereupon the minimum district size may be reduced to 2} acres. In this case, the subject property and area proposed for rezoning to PRO is 3 acres in size, but does not abut a commercial node or corridor. Instead, it lies adjacent to a neighborhood commercial node. Besides the size requirement, two other criteria must be met for the PRO district to be less than 5 acres in size. These are that the proposed PRO district must be located in a substantially developed area and must be located in an area dominated by non- residential uses. While the general area may be substantially developed, the area is not dominated by non-residential uses. In fact, the Seald Sweet neighborhood node on the south side of S.R. 60 is the only non-residential use in the area. For these reasons, planning staff feel that the subject property does not meet the criteria to be rezoned PRO. Alternatives The Board of County Commissioners has several alternatives to consider regarding the subject property. • The Board could rezone the subject property to RM -8. Staff supports this recommendation based on compatibility criteria and other reasons referenced in this analysis. • The Board of County Commissioners could adopt a less. intense residential zoning category which complies with the M-1 land use designation for the subject property. 32