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ATTORNEY'STEVE HENDERSON, REPRESENTING JOHN D. COLE, OWNER, <br />AND BOB HOFMANN, DEVELOPER, MADE THE PRESENTATION, HE SPOKE OF <br />MR. HOFMANN'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP SOME LOW COST HOUSING IN INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY AND STATED THAT THE ZONING BOARD OBJECTED MAINLY TO ANY <br />MOBILE HOME PARKS IN THIS AREA AND BECAUSE THE PROPOSAL CONFLICTED <br />WITH THE MASTER PLAN AND HAD CERTAIN ACCESS PROBLEMS. HE EXPLAINED <br />THIS IS AN 150 ACRE SITE, APPROXIMATELY 120 ACRES OF WHICH WILL BE <br />DEVELOPED INTO THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISION, THERE IS AN AREA SET ASIDE FOR <br />THE SEWER AND WATER PLANT AND A SMALL AREA FOR FIRE AND POLICE STATIONS, <br />MR, HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS A PERMANENT <br />MOBILE HOME SUBDIVISION AND WOULD HAVE TO BE SUBDIVIDED, IT WILL CON- <br />SIST OF APPROXIMATELY 480 UNITS ABOUT 60 X 100 EACH, WHICH IS OVER THE <br />MINIMUM LOT SIZE CALLED FOR IN THE ORDINANCE, AND IT WILL HAVE A TOTAL <br />DENSITY OF 3.6 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS NOT TYPICAL OF MOBILE HOME <br />RENTAL PARKS, <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON SAID HE FELT THIS REPRESENTS A SOLUTION <br />TO THE LOW COST HOUSING PROBLEM IN THE COUNTY AS IT WOULD MAKE AVAILABLE <br />F.H.A. AND V.A. FINANCING AND ASKED THE BOARD -TO CONSIDER THE PROJECT <br />ON ITS MERITS AS PRESENTED TODAY IN SPITE OF THE DISAPPROVAL OF THE <br />ZONING COMMISSION. <br />A PROGRAM OF NARRATED SLIDES WAS THEN PRESENTED, SHOWING <br />PICTURES OF ATTRACTIVE UNITS SET UP ON A PERMANENT BASE AND NICELY <br />LANDSCAPED. .THE NARRATION COMPARED THE TAXES RECEIVED FROM A PERMANENT <br />PARK SUCH AS THIS WITH THOSE OF A RENTAL PARK AND CLAIMED THAT THE <br />COUNTY WOULD RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $650.00 MORE IN TAXES PER ACRE FROM <br />THE PERMANENT MOBILE HOME PARK. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON STATED THAT THEY DID NOT FEEL THAT THE <br />SURROUNDING AREA WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THEIR PROPOSAL AND SHOWED SLIDES <br />OF THE PRESENT DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE PLANNED SITE ON LINDSAY ROAD, <br />STATING THAT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 15 HOMES IN THIS AREA AT PRESENT <br />AND THERE IS ALREADY A MIXTURE OF MOBILE HOMES AND RESIDENCES, HE <br />PERSONALLY FELT THE SURROUNDING AREA AS DEVELOPED IS LESS DESIRABLE <br />THAN THE PROPOSED PROJECT. <br />-65- <br />SEP 2 41976 <br />Box 23A387 <br />