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stables as an administrative permit use. In staff's opinion, such an omission is an oversight and should be corrected by treating the AIR -1 zoning district the same as other single family districts, in relation to non-commercial kennels and stables. As proposed, the existing criteria for non- commercial kennels and stables would apply to such proposals in the AIR -1 district (see attachments #1 and #2). PSAC Recommendation: At its April 3, 1997 meeting (held after the joint Agriculture Advisory Committee/PSAC meeting), the PSAC recommended unanimously to approve the AIR -1 district amendment. PZC Recommendation: At its April 24, 1997 meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the Board approve the AIR -1 district amendment. 2. Modifying Parking Requirements Knight, McGuire & Associates, Inc. has submitted an LDR amendment on behalf of Ram Patel (Holiday Inn Express applicant) to modify the parking requirement for hotel/motel uses. In addition to that request, planning staff has initiated proposed amendments to modify the parking rates for gas stations, health and fitness centers, and rifle/pistol ranges. A. Hotel/Motel: As part of the applicant's submittal, hotel parking rates for Melbourne, St. Lucie County, Okeechobee County, and Highlands County were submitted for staff's review. In addition, staff obtained parking rates for hotel uses from Orange and Brevard counties, and researched the parking requirements for hotel uses in Planning Advisory Service Report #432, a publication which provides rates for 8 different jurisdictions. These rates range from a low of .666 spaces per room plus 1 space per 100 square feet of office area for Orange County to a high of 1.3 spaces per room plus parking for accessory uses such as lounges, etc. Brevard and Indian River County use the highest rate of 1.3 spaces per room. Please see attachment #3 for a comparison of the various rates. B. Gas Stations: Staff has initiated a modification to the county's current gas station rate based upon the evolution of the gas station use. In the 1960s, the gas station use was teamed with automotive repair. That changed in the 1970s and 1980s, when gas stations became paired with the retail convenience trade. Now, in the 1990s, the trend is to join the gas station and fast food uses. Staff is proposing to modify the parking rate for gas stations to address the combination of gas sales with uses other than automotive repair. When applying the existing parking standards to these combination uses, staff has taken a conservative approach and applied the rate for each use in a cumulative manner, not allowing excess spaces at the pumps to be credited toward meeting some of the parking demand of other uses on site. Staff believes this approach is resulting in excess, unnecessary spaces. The present regulations do not take into account shared customer parking between the uses and the relatively quick vehicle turnover time. Therefore, staff has developed standards for combination June 10 1997 �� duh . 'r, l PAGE 1-3