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� ® s REASONS TO DENY SITE PLAN The proposed site plan is out of character and scale with the surrounding residential land uses and it will result in a reduction of property values because of the noise, smell, traffic, intensity of use and lighting generated by the shopping center. The site is to small and the use is to intense to provide adequate buffering for the neighboring homes. IF ANY ONE (1) OF THE REVIEW STANDARDS ABOVE IS NOT MET, THEN YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY IN THE LDRs TO DENY THE SITE PLAN. Attorney Dill introduced Robert Swarthout, professional city planner, who was sworn in by County Attorney Vitunac. Mr. Swarthout requested that the extensive testimony he made this morning about compatibility be made a part of the record for this evening. Mr. Swarthout briefly addressed the same issues Attorney Dill had reviewed: 1) Definitional statement of the CL district. 2) Purposes and intent statements. 3) Two main driveways are needed based on the traffic analysis. 4) A supermarket is not a compatible use. 5) Heavy traffic generated by a supermarket. 6) The supermarket will serve a broader area than just the South Beach area south to the St. Lucie County line. Mr. Swarthout concluded by emphasizing that there is no question in his mind that a supermarket in this location is not a compatible use, no matter how many buffers, no matter how deep the buffer strips, or how tall the fence. Attorney Dill next introduced Gene Winne, resident of the Moorings, who intended to briefly review some of the issues he addressed in the supermarket vs. grocery store discussion this morning. He referred to the letter he wrote containing the petition signed by over 900 people from the South Beach area who were firmly against a supermarket being built on this site. He pointed out that the subject property, lot 57, was zoned the equivalent of Commercial Limited in late 1968, and many of the 104 July 12, 1994 BOOK R P, fu 878 I