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Commissioners held a public hearing on the proposed rezoning. At that meeting, the Board voted 5 to 0 to hold a second public hearing on the proposed rezoning at its regular business meeting on July 27, 1999. State law provides some special requirements for rezoning requests, such as the subject request, that are county initiated and involve more than ten acres. The most relevant of those special requirements are the following: • The Board must hold two advertised public hearings; • One of the public hearings must be after 5:00 p.m. on a weekday, unless four Commissioners vote to conduct that hearing at another time of day; and • The second hearing must be held at least ten days after the first hearing and must be advertised at least five days prior to the second hearing. The first rezoning public hearing was held at the July 13, 1999 Board of County Commissioners meeting. At that meeting, the Board voted 5 to 0 to hold the second rezoning public hearing at the July 27, 1999 Board of County Commissioners meeting. Because that meeting meets the requirements for the second hearing, the rezoning ordinance can be adopted following that public hearing. The western ±100 acres of the site are zoned RM -6 and consist primarily of citrus groves. The exceptions are several small areas near 39h Street which are either cleared land or contain native uplands. The ±2 acre Hosie -Schumann neighborhood park is also located in this area. The western half of the remaining ±36 acres is zoned RS -6 and consists of citrus groves, while the eastern half is zoned RM -8 and contains NHC Place, an adult living facility. East of the subject property, across Indian River Boulevard, land is zoned RM -8 and contains a mix of vacant uplands and estuarine wetlands. Although the county's zoning atlas depicts estuarine wetlands within the county as having various zoning designations, all environmentally important estuarine wetlands are deemed to be zoned Con -2, Estuarine Wetland Conservation District (up to 1 unitl40 acres). Land in the southwest comer of 41' Street and Indian River Boulevard, north and east of the subject property, is within the MED zoning district and consists of citrus groves. On the north side of 41' Street, land consists of citrus groves and is zoned RM -6 and RM -8. The exception is the northwest comer of 41' Street and Indian River Boulevard which is zoned RS -6. West of the subject property, across US 1, land is within the CG, General Commercial, zoning district and consists of a mix of commercial buildings and single-family homes. East of US 1, 391h Street forms the southern boundary of the western portion of the subject property. South of 391' Street land is zoned RM -8 and consists of the W.E. Geoffrey Subdivision of single-family homes. Along the rest of the subject property's southern boundary, land is zoned MED and consists of various medical uses. JULY 27,1999 25 IDA - BOOK FAGE