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COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT HE WOULD SUGGEST THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION BRING THE ZONING ORDINANCE UP TO DATE AND TO HOLD BACK AND GROUP ZONING CHANGE RE- QUESTS TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR, THOSE ZONING CHANGES OF AN EMERGENCY NATURE CAN BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD IMMEDIATELY. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT ANOTHER MAJOR PROBLEM IS THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CITY ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE. HE FEELS THEY SHOULD BE SIMILAR. VAL BRENNAN AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER REGARDING ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS AND HAS SUGGESTED THAT WE ACCEPT THEM ONLY ON A PERIODIC BASIS AND BRING THEM TO THE BOARD AT ONE TIME. IN ANY ' ZONING CHANGE, THE TOTAL AREA MUST*BE ANALYZED, ATTORNEY BURCH STATED THAT WE NOW HAVE CODIFIED ALL OUR ORDINANCES, AND THE FIRST SUPPLEMENT WILL BE OUT SHORTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE UP -DATED QUARTERLY, NAL BRENNAN STATED THERE IS LITTLE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE + CITY AND THE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCES; THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR. COMMISSIONER MASSEY STATED THAT THERE ARE FIVE MUNICIPALITIES AND HE FEELS THE CITY SHOULD FOLLOW OUR ORDINANCE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER A 1971 ZONING ORDINANCE WHICH IS STILL NEW. HE FEELS THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE WILL BEGIN TO LESSENv COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH COMMIS- SIONER SCHMUCKERIS SUGGESTION OF SUBMITTING ZONING CHANGES ON A -' PERIODIC BASIS. THE BOARD WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THESE SUGGESTIONS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD THE STATUS OF THE PLANNING RECREATION COMMISSION. HE STATED THAT THEY DO NOT KNOW 'WHAT PRIORITY CYTY AND COUNTY RESIDENTS GIVE TO RECREATION AND THE COMMISSION HAS SUGGESTED PUTTING IT TO A REFERENDUM VOTE. HE CONTINUED THAT THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS NO MONEY FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. -34- 2 0 1974 aoor . 19a , c i�