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