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BOOK PACE The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. John Dean, representing the owner of the property reviewed the following: PRO Special Exception Request Limited size Banks and Financial / Credit uses Located in the PRO zoning district Requested by the Owner Representatives Peter Beuttell and John Dean Architect This request Is an increase to the spectrum of allowable limited uses In PRO zoned properties. john h. dean architect & associates, p.a., a.i.a. June 9, 1997 (Revised 6/27/97) This original application for this Special Exception request would have been better handled if we had applied for a Special Exception rather than a Permitted Use. As it is now, both the PSAC and the Planning and Zoning Commission voted not to recommend the Board of County Commission to support the Permitted Use request. However the recent planning and zoning vote was a three to three tie. What is before you now is not the same request, but a revised request, which modifies the Permitted Use request to a Special Exception request. There is a big difference between a Permitted Use request and a Special Exception request. It is our belief that the Special Exception request is a proper and fitting Use request for the four'of the five parcels of PRO land in our County and that, should any other PRO designation be made in the future by Indian River County on urban principal arterial roads, this Special Exception would be compatible with the intended use of the PRO zone, It also allows for public input should anyone feel the special exception should not be granted. The intended purpose of the PRO zone is by County Code. (a) PRO: Professional office district. The PRO, professional office district, Is designed to encourage the development of vacant land and the redevelopment of blighted or declining residential areas along major thoroughfares in selected areas of the county. The selected areas will be deemed as no longer appropriate for strictly single-family use but which are not considered appropriate for a broad range or commercial uses, as permitted in a commercial zoning district. The PRO district may serve as a buffer between commercial and residential uses or be established in areas in transition from single-family to more intensive land uses. The PRO district shall be limited in size so as not to create or significantly extend strip commercial development. JULY 15, 1997