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r ATTORNEY QUINN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT MR. WALKER HAD ENTERED INTO CONTRACT TO BUY THIS PROPERTY CONTINGENT ON I'T REMAINING C-lA. IN DECEMBER OF 1972, MR. WALKER HAD APPEARED BEFORE THE 70NING COMMISSION, HAD RECEIVED SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT ALL THE PROPERTY IN THAT AREA WAS BEING CHANGED TO R-3, THREE MONTHS LATER PUBLIC NOTICE WAS PUT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER - NO PERSONAL NOTICES WERE SENT OUT - THAT THE LAND ALONG STATE ROAD 60 WAS BEING REZONED TO R-3 WITH ONE EXCEPTION. MR. WALKER, WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THIS AREA, ONLY LEARNED SIX MONTH IS LATER THAT HIS PROPERTY HAD BEEN ' REZONED TO R-1." ATTORNEY QUINN FELT THAT THIS REZONING HAD CREATED A HARDSHIP ON HIS CLIENT. VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHILE MR. WALKER HAD BEEN GRANTED SITE PLAN APPROVAL IN 1972, HE HAD ALLOWED IT TO LAPSE. HE -ALSO EXPLAINED THAT IN REZONING STATE ROAD 60 THEY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION EXISTING LAND USES, AND SINCE THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WAS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENCES, WHICH UNDER THE NEW ORDINANCE AREINOT PERMITTED IN -C=IA, THEY FELT THIS AREA SHOULD BECOME R=1. CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO SPEAK. MR, JAMES DRIGGERS OF 21ST ST. ABUTTING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION SPOKE OPPOSING THE REZONING AND SUBMITTED A PETITION SIGNED BY HOMEOWNERS OF WESTGATE COLONY SUBDIVISION AND ABUTTING HOMEOWNERS OPPOSING THE REQUESTED REZONING. i CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED THAT THE RECORD INDICATE THAT A PETITION OPPOSING THIS REZONING SIGNED BY 54 HOMEOWNERS HAS BEEN f RECEIVED AND FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK ALONG WITH A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM EUGUENE AND LEIDA EVANGELEIDI. MR. JOHN FALLS, PROPERTY OWNER IN WESTGATE COLONY SPOKE IN OPPOSITION STATING THIS SUBDIVISION HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED AS A RESIDENTIAL RETIREMEENT AREA, 37 0009 20 ME227