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BOOK 92 PAGE 891 there must be at least 70 feet between the Bowline Drive median opening and this median opening. The spacing meets the LDR requirements. Commissioner Eggert also was concerned about the road behind Publix and the noise from trucks that would be backing up and going forward. She also questioned whether there is enough space for trucks to maneuver. Director Davis felt that most of the parking spaces in the rear of the store will be occupied by employees, not the general public. In addition, the other 10,700 square feet of retail space also will have employees who will be demanding to park and use the facility. His suggestion had been to place a sign west of the trash compactor that says "EMPLOYEE PARKING" to try to segregate customer from employee parking. There is still adequate parking to the north and east to accommodate customers and those people wanting to use the facility. He believed most shopping centers encourage their employees to park in particular locations, and it would be logical to assume that it would be best for employees to park in the rear. Commissioner Eggert understood that the rear road is 2 -way, and Director Davis confirmed that it is a 25 -ft. wide, 2 -way road. Commissioner Eggert still considered the space too confining, but Director Davis explained that the applicant has indicated that it meets the 250 sq. ft. minimum dimension for that particular portion of the LDRs. Commissioner Eggert thought it unrealistic, based on her experience of going up and down AlA and going down to Fort Pierce, to believe that fewer trips are going to come from the south. She believed there will be a lot more trips from St. Lucie County who enter on Windward rather then go up to Mooringline Drive. It is not clear how much more traffic it will take to get over the 2,000 variable. Director Davis advised that staff considered the trip distribution and feels the primary influence area would be to the north. As you go south of the Moorings, there is quite a bit of undeveloped frontage down by Round Island Park. We found much of the development in St. Lucie County is substantially south of the project site. Our trip distribution patterns showed that about 30 percent would come from the south and 70 percent would come either from the Moorings development or from the north, and that was a very conservative figure in trip distribution. Commissioner Adams asked if the Technical Review Committee had signed off on the two issues of median openings and trip July 12, 1994 117 F7