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• PAST ACTIONS On September 27, 2001, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6 to 0 to recommend that the Board of County Commissioners approve the proposed land use amendment. On November 13, 2001, the Board of County Commissioners voted 5 to 0 to transmit the proposed land use amendment to the Florida Department of Community Affairs (DCA). ORC REPORT Consisted with state regulations, DCA reviewed the proposed amendment and prepared an Objections, Recommendations and Comments (ORC) Report (dated February 1, 2002), which planning staff received on February 4, 2002. The DCA ORC Report, Attachment 5 at the end of this staff report, does not contain any objections or comments relating to the proposed amendment. Existing Land Use Pattern Subject Property 1 The eastern portion of Subject Property 1, along the Indian River Lagoon, is zoned RS -1, while the western portion of Subject Property 1 is zoned RS -6. The site is undeveloped and consists pnmarily of wetlands. Land adjacent to the subject property, north of the site s eastern portion, is zoned RS -1 and consists mostly of undeveloped wetlands. Land abutting the site's western portion is zoned RS - 6 and consists of undeveloped wetlands and the Vero Shores subdivision of single-family homes. To the west of the subject property, between US 1 and the FEC Railway, land is zoned IL, Light Industrial District, and contains a boat manufacturing business. Land abutting the site on the south, in St. Lucie County, consists of a small citrus grove and vacant wooded land. The western part of that land in St. Lucie County is zoned RS -2, Residential Single - Family -2. As in Indian River County, St. Lucie County's RS -2 zoning district allows single-family residential uses at a density of up to 2 units/acre. The eastern part of land abutting Subject Property 1's south boundary (in St. Lucie County) is zoned RC, Residential Conservation. The RC zoning district allows single-family residential uses at a density of up to 1 unit/5 acres. Subject Property 2 The central and southernmost portions of Subject Property 2 are zoned RS -6, while the remaining portions are zoned RM -6. In this area of the county land along US 1 is primarily zoned CG, General Commercial District, with occasional areas of CH, Heavy Commercial District, and CL, Limited Commercial District. Automobile sales are the primary use. The exception is the RMH-8, Mobile - Home Residential District (up to 8 units/acre), zoned Tanglewood Mobile Home Park. East of the commercial areas along US 1, land along the south side of 9`h Street, SW is zoned RM -6. That land is vacant except for two single family houses. East of Subject Property 2, land primarily consists of undeveloped wetlands. Except for an RS -6 zoned strip of land adjacent to Subject Property 2, that land is zoned RS -1. South of Subject Property 2 is the RS -6 zoned River Shores Estates subdivision of single-family homes. March 19, 2002 59 n„ •'7 }N l 0 •