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� ® s The appellant has stated that "grocery stores are allowed in the CL zoning district because they are compatible with the purpose of the district,*and supermarkets are not." It is staff's position that supermarkets are not a listed use in any district because supermarkets are a type of grocery store, and clearly allowed in the CL zoning district. Presently, there are approximately 10 grocery stores/supermarkets • in the unincorporated area of the county, all of which are located in areas -zoned CG (General Commercial). Most of the grocery stores/supermarkets are associated with shopping centers -that have close to or greater than 100,000 square feet of retail area. There are no grocery stores/supermarkets presently located in the CL zoning district. It should be noted, however, that staff has processed applications for shopping centers with grocery stores/supermarkets in the CL zoning district. One such example was for a Food Lion that was proposed at the northwest corner of 27th Avenue S.W. and 9th Street S.W. In fact, that site was rezoned from residential zoning to CL to accommodate the Food Lion and other retail stores within a proposed shopping center. The appellant goes on to state "...Also, Super Markets are not allowed in the CL district because the size is far in excess of what is needed to serve area residents and the resulting impacts have an adverse effect on nearby residential areas. Super Markets are more appropriately located in the CG district because it is intended to accommodate general retail sales uses of this type." This statement contradicts planning literature that staff has researched. General planning theory breaks -up commercial uses/types into three levels: neighborhood, community, and regional. A small shopping center (under 50,000 square feet, such as proposed with the Sea Mist Shoppes application) is appropriate for a neighborhood service area, according to the literature. A larger shopping center of 100,000 square feet - 300,000 square feet in size would serve as a community service area and would be typified by shopping centers such as Ryanwood (108,670 square feet), South Vero Square (158,302 square feet), and Riverwalk (207,736 square feet). A regional center would be greater than 300,000 square feet and be typified by a regional mall style of development.' The community and regional levels are appropriate in the General Commercial district (CG), while the Limited Commercial district (CL) would be appropriate for smaller centers with grocery stores/ supermarkets that serve neighborhood areas. The Urban Land Institute's Shopping Center Development Handbook states that, "The supermarket is an anchor tenant in the traditional neighborhood centers." 'Shopping Center Development Handbook, Urban Land Institute, McKeever, Ross J. and Griffin Nathaniel M. et.al., p. 7, copyright 1977. BOOK 92 PACE July 12, 1994