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requested zoning district. For commercial rezoning requests, the most intense use (according to the county's land development regulations) is retail commercial with 10,000 square feet of gross floor area per acre of land proposed for rezoning. The site information used for the concurrency analysis is as follows: 1. Size of Area to be Rezoned: *4.2 acres 2. Land Use Designation: CA, Commercial/Industrial 3. Existing Zoning Classification: CG, General Commercial 4. Proposed Zoning Classification: OCR, Office, Commercial, Residential 5. Most Intense Use under Existing Zoning Classification: *42,000 sq. ft. of Retail Commercial (Shopping Center in the 6`" Edition ITE Manual). 6. Most Intense Use under Proposed Zoning Classification: *42,000 sq. ft. of Retail Commercial (Shopping Center in the 6'h Edition ITE Manual). As per section 910.07(2) of the Concurrency Management Chapter of the County's Land Development Regulations, projects which do not increase density or intensity of use are exempt from concurrency requirements. This rezoning request is exempt from concurrency review because the requested zoning would not increase the use intensity of the site. By changing the zoning of the subject property from CG to OCR, residential uses not currently allowed would be permitted on the site. However, because the most intense use of the property would be the same with either zoning district, changing the property's zoning from CG to OCR would not create additional impacts on any concurrency facilities. When new development is proposed for the subject property, a more detailed concurrency analysis will be conducted during the development approval process. Compatibility with the Surrounding Area Compatibility is not a major concern regarding this request. Located between existing CG and RM - 10 zoning districts, the subject property is well -situated to act as a transition area between commercial and residential development. In fact, the site is within approximately one mile of three other similarly situated OCR districts. The principal impacts of development of the subject property will be on the residential area to the east. Compared to the site's existing CG zoning, the proposed OCR zoning district is less intense. In terms of noise, hours of operation, and traffic generated, the impacts of OCR type development are less than the impacts of CG type development. Consequently, development under the OCR district would generally have fewer impacts than development under CG zoning. For that reason, the proposed OCR zoning of the site would be compatible with the surrounding residential uses. Since the current CG zoning of the subject property allows residential development only as an accessory use, the applicant cannot develop the property for residential use without zoning changes. February 15, 2000 37 r ;I 6 0 0 K rye F'>�GE �',�