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500K 89 515 Mayor Schoen felt that the community would be better served by encouraging long-term rather than transient use. After writing the above letter, he met with County staff to explore other ways to limit residential resort development. A compromise that appeals to the Indian River Shores Town Council would be to require concurrent development of adjacent or contiguous commercially zoned land equal to 25% of the total acreage in the residential resort. This would not affect the Disney project, because Disney has 16 acres of commercial land on the beach, which is more than 250 of the 60 RM -6 acres. Mayor Schoen urged staff to consider the above suggestion, which would be responsive to the residents of Indian River Shores who are anxious to preserve the residential character of the island. Rolf Bibow, 500 Beach Road, representing 751 petitioners, distributed the following statement: INDIAN RIVER CITIZENS' STUDY GROUP STATEMENT BEFORE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY May 11, 1993 1. I am Rolf Bibow, a resident of Indian River County, repre- senting %.i/ petitioners as of 5/10/93, who are residents and property owners of Indian River County. 2. The petitioners oppose the March, 1993 change in RM -6 zoning in Indian River County. They do not oppose the Disney proposal, if it is restricted to the size and scope an- nounced to date. 3. The Study Group, initially comprising 39 people, was formed on April 5, and announced its position on April 21. The position paper has already been made available to the Board of Commissioners. The Study'Group has concurrently initiat- ed a campaign to solicit petitions. It expects to receive a significantly larger number of petitions from a wide geographic area once they are all in. 4. The conclusions of the Study Group are: a. The Disney proposal, while it is at variance with the land use portion of the County Comprehensive Plan, is not opposed. b. The zoning change adopted in March of 1993 in all RM -6 areas is believed to open the path to large scale commercial development on the barrier island far beyond the scope of the project announced by Disney. It is vigorously opposed. c. The March, 1993 zoning change is believed to violate both the language and intent of the County's Comprehen- sive Plan. The Commissioners are respectfully request- ed to act to contain the impact of the change. 50