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P1aiu�ing Commission 471-97: O'Neil ProQerty March 8, 1997 Page 21 Conditional � governrnental and public utiiity buildings � professional and commercial offices � � commercial planned unit development as regulated by Chapter 1120 ■ solar energy and wind generator systems �taff does not regard the development of 17 acres in ne�ghborhood businesses as practical or marketable. Thez°e is jusi ioo much Iand in this parcel to be absorbed by the limited range of businesses listed as pernutied. The most likely use of ihis property, if it were io remain in this district, is offces. The proposal includes this use, so in this aspect, changing the zoning from B-1 to PtJTJ is not a change. 'Th� obvious difference is having an entertainment use as opposed to a retail use, and replacing the potentiat for duplexes under the R�2 residential district with the o�ce buildings in the proposal. The deveiopment of o;ffice buiidings v✓ith no access to County Road H2 is a quieter use than duplexes fronting on�o County Road H2 would be. The offices will l�e probably be closed on weekends and evezungs. There wiii be no d�iveway� onto County Road H� and no neighbars in eloseby yards. G C'oncPusions The community must decide what its goals are for this property and how it fits into the bigger pici�ure. One consistent theme in the adopted Comprehensive Pian and in a.11 the subsequent versions is thai the O'Neil properry is very significant and it is located in what the commuruty regards at its City Center. The desire in I979 was £or this area to become a strong, vital, identifying community focal point, with a mixture oi commercial, public, low, medium and high density residential and open space uses (p. 172). The 1979 Comp Plan atso included a Community Deveiopment Concept and tand use recommendations (see Appendix 4). The concept is described as "the basic idea behind the pla.n." It then discusses two topics � The importance of ihe Q'Neii property and the need to create a compacf, functional center ;ncorporating retail commercial activity, ihe civic center and medium and higher density residential development, and � The importance oi providing protection to the qualiiy of life in residentia.i neighbat'hoods. There, in a nutshell, axe the two main issues raised by this application. Staff is supportiv� af the request from Anthony properties for amending the Comprehensive Plan and rezorung the properiy to a(low development of the theaters and office buildings because we beiieve it: � is designed � a manner which provides protection and buffering for the surrounding residentiai neighborhoods ■ Preserves the wetland and leaves the undeveloped portions of ihe site in their natura.i, wooded siate.