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VAL BRENNAN, PLANNING DIRECTOR AND RALPH SEXTON, CHAIRMAN <br />OF THE ZONING COMMISSION. WERE PRESENT FOR THIS DISCUSSION. <br />ATTORNEY BURCH STATED THAT THE IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE TO <br />BE DISCUSSED TODAY IS TO DECIDE IF THE BOARD WANTS THE COMPREHENSIVE <br />LAND USE PLAN TO BE USED AS A GUIDE OR THE CONSTITUTION; WHETHER IT <br />SHOULD BE A ZONING MAP OR A LAND USE MAP. HE HAD PREPARED THE PROPOSED <br />ORDINANCE AND ALSO AN ALTERNATE SECTION WHICH WOULD MAKE THE ORDINANCE A <br />LITTLE MORE CONCRETE IN CONTROLLING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />CHARLES DAVIS, REAL ESTATE AGENT REPRESENTING THE BOARD OF <br />REALTORS, STATED THAT THEY SUPPORT THE LAND USE PLAN, AND THEY SUPPORT <br />THE IMPLEMENTATION VIA THE GUIDE LINE ROUTE. <br />JEROME KRAMER, COUNCIL FOR THE VERO BEACH CIVIC ASSOCIATION, <br />PRESENTED THAT GROUP'S ALTERNATE PLAN WHICH WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ALL <br />PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY TO BE REZONED TO CONFORM WITH THE LAND USE MAP. <br />MR. KRAMER CONTINUED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE <br />PLAN WOULD NOT BE EFFECTIVE UNLESS PRESENT ZONING WAS CHANGED TO CONFORM <br />WITH IT. THE COUNTY OFFICIALS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE UNDER PRESSURE FROM <br />DEVELOPERS TO IGNORE OR ALTER THE PLAN IF IT IS USED ONLY AS A GUIDE. <br />MR, BRENNAN STATED THAT IT IS HIS AND THE ZONING COMMISSION' <br />INTENTION TO GIVE PRIORITY TO CERTAIN AREAS THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED <br />TO THE LAND USE PLAN. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THE ORDINANCE <br />AS IT IS PRESENTED, AND IT IS HIS INTENTION TO GO BACK TO THE ZONING <br />COMMISSION AND ADDRESS THEMSELVES TO THESE AREAS IN GREATER DEPTH SO <br />THAT THEY WILL EITHER CONFORM TO THE PLAN OR THE PLAN WILL BE MODIFIED. <br />MR, KRAMER STATED THAT IF THEY INTEND TO DO THIS, WHY NOT <br />INCLUDE IT IN THE IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENT. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN <br />'THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE IF THIS IS THEIR INTENTION. <br />MR. SEXTON STATED THAT THIS LAND USE PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE <br />A GUIDE. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH MR, KRAMER'S <br />PROPOSAL; THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF REALTOR'S WAS CONCERNED. WHAT <br />MR. KRAMER WOULD LIKE IS TO MAKE A ZONING MAP OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE <br />LAND USE PLAN. THIS WOULD BE DANGEROUS AND IMPRACTICAL AND HE DOES NOT <br />FEEL THAT SHOULD BE THE SPIRIT OF THE WHOLE THING. HE URGED THE <br />BOARD TO ADOPT THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE AS PRESENTED TODAY. <br />16 <br />:J 10 <br />PAGE S <br />