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and conceptual PD plan currently remain in effect, the PD rezoning and conceptual plan will be r.. rescinded if the proposed rezoning request is approved. While the developers of Grand Harbor acquired a major portion of the River Bend PD property several years ago, the remaining portions of the original River Bend project area were acquired by others. Located adjacent to the River Bend PD property, Grand Harbor is a project that,because of its significantly large size (number of units and commercial building area), was approved as a Development of Regional Impact (DRI). Since DRIs are projects that have multi-county impacts, DRIs must be reviewed by the regional planning council and are subject to various conditions until build out. In 2006, the developers of Grand Harbor proposed to incorporate a majority of the River Bend site into Grand Harbor's overall DRI plan.To incorporate the River Bend property into the Grand Harbor DRI, the applicant needed to modify the Grand Harbor DRI development order and modify the PD zoning and conceptual PD plan in effect on the River Bend property. At that time, Grand Harbor sought to rezone the site to the zoning districts that existed prior to approval of the River Bend PD. On May 25, 2006, the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed that request and, after considerable discussion,voted 7 to 0 to table the applicant's request until the DRI development order modification proposal could be considered concurrent with the proposed rezoning action.Consistent with the PZC's direction,the applicant submitted a Notice of Proposed Change(NOPC)application to the regional planning council to modify the Grand Harbor Development of Regional Impact to add the"River Bend PD" site and some other properties to the DRI. In December 2006, the NOPC and the rezoning request were both considered by the PZC. At that meeting,several issues were raised concerning the overall impact of the request. After discussion,a motion was made to again table that request. When that motion failed, a motion was made to approve the proposed rezoning.That motion failed with a 2 to 2 vote. The 2 to 2 vote constituted a denial of the request. On December 20, 2006, the applicant appealed the Planning and Zoning Commission's decision to the Board of County Commissioners. On February 6, 2007, the Board of County Commissioners reviewed Grand Harbor's request and voted to table it to allow the applicant time to consider changes to its proposal. The applicant then decided not to pursue the proposed rezoning. Because Grand Harbor abandoned its rezoning request, that rezoning application has since expired,the River Bend PD zoning was never changed,and the PD zoning of the subject property remains in force and effect. Although the present owners are currently bound by the River Bend PD,they do not wish to develop the property in accordance with the existing PD conceptual plan. Thus, Grand Harbor, with the consent of the other property owners, recently applied for the subject small scale land use amendment and rezoning. Current Rezoning and Land Use Amendment Requests The table below provides a general description of the areas to be redesignated and rezoned under the subject applications. Those properties are as follows: 3 152