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G i -f RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING BOARD FOR A CHANGE TO THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF LEE COUNTY • APPLICATION 2010-0301 The Planning Board by a unanimous vote recommend the Board of Commissioners approve Application #2010-0301 submitted by Carl Bunnell to rezone approximately 5.21± acres of land located at the southwest comer of Lark Lane and Jefferson Davis Highway from Residential Restricted (RR) district to Highway Commercial (HC) district. LAND USE INFORMATION PRESENTED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING: Site and Area Description The area requested for rezoning is south of Lark Lane and west of Jefferson Davis Highway. The lot is approximately 5.21± acres in size with 409 feet of frontage on Jefferson Davis Highway and over 530 feet of frontage on Lark Lane, a private road. The site is cleared of timber and is undeveloped. The property is also the same 5.207-acre tract shown on a map surveyed for "Quail Ridge Ltd.", recorded in Plat Cabinet 5, Slide 110, Lee County Register of Deeds and that property recently surveyed for Carl and Vicki Bunnell recorded in Plat Cabinet 2010, Slide 28. Utilities The site does not have access to public water or sewer. If developed, a well and private sewerage system will serve the wastewater needs. Existing Zoning and Land Uses . Properties adjoining to the north, south and west are zoned Residential Restricted. Properties to the east and being east of Jefferson Davis Highway (US 1) are zoned Light Industrial. Land uses surrounding the subject tract consist primarily of very low-density single-family homes. Quail Ridge golf course and subdivision is located west of the site. Sanford Construction Company owns an 84-acre undeveloped tract east of the site. Staff Analysis The current zoning district (Residential Restricted-RR) is established to provide areas for low-density single- family uses, with a maximum of one and one-half (1.5) dwelling units per acre. Property zoned RR should include only those tracts which abut or are in close proximity to existing large-lot single family development, making RR an appropriate transition district between rural, agricultural, and suburban uses. The RR district requires a minimum lot width of 100 feet, a front yard setback of 30 feet, a rear yard setback of 30 feet and a side yard setback of 15 feet. The proposed zoning district (Highway Commercial-HC) is established to accommodate uses that depend upon a large flow of traffic and convenient access, such as retailing of durable goods, the provision of commercial services to industrial areas, and the provision of services to tourists. The minimum dimensional standards in the HC district include a lot width of 50 feet, a front yard setback of 10 feet, and 0 rear and side yard setbacks. Please note that the minimum building setback information provided does not take into consideration the required landscape buffer yards or building and fire codes. A list of permitted uses for the Highway Commercial (HC) zoning district is included within the agenda for your reference. Transportation The majority of Lee County's commercial establishments are located along U. S. Highway 1 South, a major thoroughfare. The Highway Commercial (HC) district is generally located adjacent to major thoroughfares. Major thoroughfares typically serve through travel and external travel into major industrial, commercial, 0