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COMMISSIONER MASSEY LEFT THE MEETING. ROBERT BERG, ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST WAS INITIATED BY AN INDIVIDUAL, AND THE ZONING COMMIS- SION REQUESTED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO STUDY THE ENTIRE AREA, CADENHEAD SUBDIVISION AND THE AREA UNDER STUDY IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY THE FLORIDA EAST COAST .RAILROAD, ON THE EAST BY U. S. HIGHWAY 1, AND ON THE SOUTH BY 87TH STREET, THE PREDOMINANT USE OF THE LAND IS SINGLE FAMILY, AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS REZONING FROM C-1 COMMERCIAL TO R-1 SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. OTTO STOUT HAS REQUESTED THAT HIS PROPERTY REMAIN IN C-1 COMMERCIAL, THERE IS A STRUCTURE ON THIS PROPERTY THAT HAS BEEN CONDEMNED. THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS AUTHORIZED A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, THE BASIS FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FEELS THIS. PROPERTY IS TOO SMALL FOR A COMMERCIAL USE; ALSO IT IS A BAD CORNER FOR A COMMERCIAL USE AND COULD CREATE A SERIOUS SITUATION AS FAR AS TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED. MR. STOUT'S PROPERTY IS LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE RAIL- ROAD AND ALONG 37TH STREET, THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET BY 110 FEET, THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD, TOM PALMER, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING SEVERAL LAND OWNERS, STATED THAT FREDA WILSON, THE OWNER OF LOTS 1, 2 AND 3 AND LOT 2, LOCATED ACROSS THE ROAD, DID NOT RECEIVE.NOTICE OF THIS REZONING, PAULINE BEERS HAS A LEASE WITH AN OPTION TO BUY PROPERTY THAT IS BEING USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, AND SHE WAS TOLD BY SOMEONE IN THE COURTHOUSE THAT EVEN IF THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED, SHE COULD STILL USE THE PROPERTY AND EXPAND THE COMMERCIAL USE, BECAUSE OF THAT INFORMATION, SHE DID NOT APPEAR TO OPPOSE THE REZONING. MR. WHITTLE.OWNS LOTS 11 AND 12, HE HAS AN UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS ON LOT 11 AND OPERATES A SMALL MOTEL ON LOT 12. MR, PALMER STATED THAT BECAUSE OF THESE PEOPLE HE IS REQUESTING THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST GO BACK TO THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER CON- SIDERATION. OTTO STOUT APPEARED IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING OF HIS PROPERTY. 21 NOV 19197 8701 i'AGE154.