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- Recreation <br />Recreation concurrency requirements apply only to residential <br />development. Therefore, this comprehensive plan amendment and <br />rezoning request is not required to satisfy recreation concurrency <br />requirements. <br />The concurrency requirements for drainage, solid waste, water, <br />wastewater, and parks have been met for the proposed amendment. <br />Incorporating the referenced road improvements into the associated <br />DRI Development Order will satisfy the concurrency test for the <br />subject request. <br />Compatibility with the Surroundind Area <br />The compatibility of the proposed amendment with surrounding <br />residential areas is an important issue. Since there are <br />residences in proximity to the subject property, potential impacts <br />associated with the proposed development must be considered. These <br />impacts may include increased traffic, noise, lights, and fumes. <br />Generally, traffic circulation is a major concern of residents <br />located near large commercial projects. With respect to the <br />subject request, several factors address this concern. First, the <br />county's comprehensive plan and land development regulations <br />require that prior to development, all impacted roadways have <br />sufficient -capacity to serve development. Beyond the existing <br />county requirements, provisions of the DRI Development Order serve <br />to mitigate impacts on the transportation system. These provisions <br />include required on and off site road improvements, monitoring of <br />levels of service, design for and promotion of potential transit <br />services, and establishment of an employee ridesharing program. <br />Other potential impacts can often be mitigated through separation <br />and planted buffers. Generally, county land development <br />regulations require development in the requested CG zoning district <br />to provide a type "B" buffer with a six foot opaque feature when <br />abutting single-family development and a type "C" buffer with a six <br />foot opaque feature when abutting multiple -family development. <br />Under the proposed land use designation and zoning district, all <br />development on the subject property., including development on <br />parcels where the subject property abuts the Wallace Acres single- <br />family subdivision will have to meet this requirement. <br />Several characteristics of the subject property and provisions of <br />the DRI Development Order ensure additional mitigation of potential <br />impacts on surrounding areas. Much of the land north of the area <br />proposed for redesignation, although part of the DRI Project Area, <br />will remain residentially designated. That area,_. consisting <br />largely of wetlands, is undeveloped. The DRI Development Order <br />ensures that that land will remain undeveloped, thus providing a <br />natural buffer which ranges from 200 feet to 600 feet in width. <br />West of the subject property is Vista Plantation. Residents of <br />this development are currently separated from the subject property <br />by the lateral "A" canal, 66th Avenue, and the Vista Plantation <br />Golf Course. The DRI Development Order ensures the following added <br />protection buffers along 66th Avenue: <br />1. an additional thirty foot wide access easement for canal <br />maintenance purposes; and <br />2. a type "D" buffer with a three foot opaque feature. <br />31 u •-� <br />July 199 1994 Boa <br />