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BOOK 99 FACE 2 ( 9 proposed condition is different than the condition recommended by the Planning and Zoning Commission. Based on the applicant's agreement to comply with the 60 Corridor Plan criteria, staff has deleted original condition #5 which related to the SR 60 Corridor Plan compliance. Staff has also modified original condition #7, which relates to the fencing around the retention area. The modification is based on information that was not available to the Planning and Zoning Commission or staff at the August 22, 1996 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. The modified condition is not the same as the original condition or the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation, but the intent of making the fence less visually obtrusive is consistent with wording of both conditions. With renumbering, original condition 7 is now condition 5. The Zoning & Development Approval Process Presently, the site is zoned CL (Limited Commercial), a zoning designation which does not allow department stores that exceed 40,000 square feet in size. Because of this criterion, the applicant must rezone the site in order to proceed with the proposed expansion. Consequently, the applicant has requested that the subject property be rezoned to the PD (Planned Development) district, which is the zoning designation of the existing Wal-Mart site. In choosing to rezone the subject property to PD Commercial Retail, the applicant has elected one of three options available to him. Any of these three options, if approved, would allow the applicant to proceed with his project, as proposed. The two non -chosen options available to the applicant are: • To request that the site be rezoned to CG (General Commercial). If the site were rezoned to CG, all uses permitted within the CG zoning district, including large individual department stores, could be developed on the site via the conventional site plan approval process. Other uses allowed within the CG district, such as drive-through restaurants, unenclosed auction facilities, car washes, car dealerships, fuel dealers, motels and hotels, could also be allowed on the site. • To request a PD special exception approval which would include a waiver from the CL district's 40,000 square foot limitation on individual department stores. The waiver provision is a mechanism available only through the PD special exception process. This option would ensure that the applicant could construct only what was approved on the PD plan, and would essentially grant a waiver to one specific land use criterion. With this option, however, the overall Wal-Mart/Sam's site would be split by the PD/CL zoning district boundaries. In opting not to pursue the traditional rezoning or the PD special exception alternatives, the applicant instead has chosen to rezone the entire property to the PD zoning district. This option can also provide for approval of the proposed use. Incorporated as a new zoning district when the LDRs were first adopted in 1991, the PD zoning district has been used a few times in the county. Unlike all other zoning districts, the PD district has no specific size or dimension criteria and no specific list of allowed uses. Instead, the PD district relies on the underlying land use plan designation for use and intensity limitations. As to OCTOBER 1, 1996 M 36