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I BOOK iOJ PAGE ( Based on the above analysis, staffrecommends that the Board of County Commissioners grant PD special exception use approval with the following conditions: 1. That prior to or via the final plat: a. A restrictive covenant shall be established on the project site prohibiting Caribbean fruit fly host plants. Furthermore, as a PD special exception use condition, Caribbean finit fly host plants are prohibited within the project area, and b. That 30' of right-of-way for 4'" Street shall be dedicated without compensation to complete the local road standard of 60' for 41' Street. Planning Director Stan Boling reviewed the project and noted that it is located outside the urban service area. CommissionerAdams questionedthe reasoning behind clustering, andDirectorBoling responded that clustering is an attempt to concentrate residential use within a particular area and allow large open areas. It is also an attempt to minimise conflicts between residential and agricultural properties. Commissioner Adams felt that someone with a 5 -acre parcel should be able to put their house in the middle if they so desire. She personally has a problem with the Board dictating where the houses must go. Community Development Director Bob Keating noted that "clustering" was a compromise made with the Department of Community Affairs regarding the approval of the Comprehensive Plan in an effort to preserve agricultural lands and determine how development would proceed. The process is better illustrated on larger sites but does allow agricultural activities to be carried out on the remainder of the parcel not utilized for residential development. Discussion ensued regarding future revisions to the Comprehensive Plan and subdivision of these larger sites. Director Boling noted that any subdivision of the parcels would have to come before the Board as a proposed PD. Commissioner Ginn felt the clustering requirements form an inherent conflict within the LDRs as to preservation of future development and open spaces. Commissioner Tippin commented that the DCA had originally said the County's Comp Plan was the best they had ever seen and now, 10 years later, they are telling the County that it has created "urban sprawl". There are some philosophical changes going on in Tallahassee which will, hopefully, resolve some of these conflicts. JULY 209 1999 -28-