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30 Existing Zoning Classification: CL, Limited Commercial 4. Proposed Zoning Classification: OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential 5. Most Intense Use under Existing Zoning Classification: ±53,000 sq. ft. of Retail Commercial (Shopping Center in the 5th Edition ITE Manual). 6. Most Intense Use under Proposed Zoning Classification: ±531000 sq. ft. of Retail Commercial (Shopping Center in the 5th Edition ITE Manual). As per section 910.07(2) of the Concurrency Management Chapter of the County's Land Development Regulations, projects which do not increase density or intensity of use are exempt from concurrency requirements. This rezoning request is exempt from concurrency review because the requested zoning would not increase the use intensity of the site. By changing the zoning of the subject property from CL to OCR, residential uses not currently allowed would be permitted on the site. However, because the most intense use of the property would be the same with either zoning district, changing the property's zoning from CL to OCR would not create additional impacts on any concurrency facilities. When new development is proposed for the subject property, a more detailed .concurrency analysis will be conducted during the development approval process. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area The principal impacts of development of the subject property will be on the surrounding residential areas. Compared to the site's existing CL zoning, the proposed OCR zoning district is less intense. In terms of noise, hours of operation, and traffic generated, the impacts of OCR type development are less than the impacts of CL type development. Consequently, development under the OCR district would generally have fewer impacts than development under CL zoning. For that reason, the proposed OCR zoning of the site would be compatible with the surrounding residential uses. Either the existing CL, or the requested OCR zoning, would be appropriate for the subject site. As the only Ci I des igaated land on the barrier island south of the City of Vero Beach, the subject property and the property to the south are appropriate for commercial zoning. The existing CL zoning was originally intended to accommodate a neighborhood retail center. Such a center could meet the convenience retail needs of area residents, while creating only limited impacts on surrounding areas. In the past, several development proposals were submitted for the subject site and approved. Each was for a neighborhood retail center. Prone, however, was built. Following substantial neighborhood opposition to the most recent development proposal for the site (Sea Mist Shoppes), the applicant for this rezoning purchased the property with the intention of developing residences on the site. Since the current CL zoning of the subject property allows residential development only as an accessory use, the applicant cannot develop the property for residential use without zoning 11 June, 6 1995 booK 95 F, a 289