and RU-1-13 is an entirely new code for North Tropical Trail and has never been there. She
stated it would cause a substantial increase in density and permanently change the entire
character of the area, as it would go from rural residential with horses allowed, to a density that
is consistent with the city, not rural, not horse friendly, not open with large lots and large
houses as it is now; once a new denser zoning code is allowed, there is no going back; it will
materially and adversely affect the area; Administrative Policy 5 requires one to look at existing
road systems to ensure there is no substantial or adverse traffic impacts, or material danger to
public safety in the area; it is a rural two-lane road without sidewalks, which means the
residents walk on the road for exercise and walk their dogs; and once multiple properties turn
into houses on one-sixth-acre lots, traffic will increase greatly and it will put us all at additional
risk. She continued saying Administrative Policy 7 states that the proposed land use may not
cause any significant, adverse, or unmitigable impact on significant water bodies; everything
along Tropical Trail is just septic systems and new homes would be septic as well once
rezoning is allowed with this density and substantially increase septic usage, and the lagoon is
already stressed from septic runoff and this will only add to it; both advisory boards rejected the
change as incompatible; the density called for would materially change the entire character of
the neighborhood for the worse; and small houses on tiny lots would interfere with her rural way
of life and disturb the quiet they already have and it would diminish the enjoyment of the people
already living in the area. She added it would cause Tropical Trail to become more dangerous
because of the increased traffic and have an adverse impact on the Indian River Lagoon; she is
also asking the Board to reject the RU-1-13, as it is too dense and it is just not compatible with
anything there; and once it is done in that area, everything will change, not just that it is one
little property, as it has never been there before and it would change the entire area.
Jeff Duncan stated the Board may want to refer to page 194 of the zoning packet or he can
provide some hard copies; he has a map printed out with a highlighted section that he is going
to speak to; using the Brevard County Zoning and Future Land Use website to determine the
actual zoning for each parcel of land, if one looks at Merritt Island from State Road 528 north to
the Nasa Causeway, and Courtenay Parkway west to the Indian River, the only instance of the
RU-1-13 zoning being employed is for the River Island Estates development, which is 2.3 miles
away from 4850 North Tropical Trail property; and aside from the River Island Estates
development, there are no examples of the RU-1-13 zoning being utilized in the previously
mentioned section of Merritt Island which encompasses the property in question; the map he
drew up has a highlighted yellow section that is a huge swath of land that he is speaking to and
there is not any single stand-alone properties that previously have the zoning that is being
applied for. He added he recognizes that there is a large-scale townhome development going
in on Courtenay Parkway and Porcher Road at this time, however, it is not a reasonable
comparison because the townhome development is a commercial property, not residential;
septic aspects, if approved for RU-1-13 zoning which would allow for a minimum lot size of .2
acres per house, and the 4850 North Tropical Trail property us 1.41 acres in size, that could
result in as many as seven houses; this lot is currently on septic, as they all are in this area,
which means there could be six more houses with septic tanks about .3 miles from the Indian
River Lagoon and the waters of Manatee Cove Park, which is across the street; the absence of
any RU-1-13 zoning being utilized for a stand-alone property demonstrates the unprecedented
and out-of-character nature for the requested zoning; and at the August 11, 2022 Merritt Island
Dependent Special District board meeting, they voted to deny the RU-1-13 zoning and
recommended SR zoning. He went on to say on August 15, 2022 was the Planning and Zoning
board meeting and they voted unanimously to deny the zoning to RU-1-13; he and his wife are
on record that if the zoning request was for two houses maximum at the 4850 North Tropical
Trail property, they would concur with the change, however, they do not feel that the possibility
of seven houses across the street from them would be appropriate or within the character of
North Merritt Island; he and his wife would not be in concurrence with the BDP or anything of
that nature, as they would rather the vehicle that limits the property to two houses be via
zoning; and he hopes the Board will give this information from him, other speakers in the
