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ATTORNEY KRAMER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ALTERNATE ORDINANCE THEY ARE SUGGESTING IS DIFFERENT ONLY IN SECTION 5, IN THIS SECTION THEY ARE BASICALLY SUGGESTING FIRST THAT WITHIN A FIXED TIME THE ZONING ORDINANCE BE REVIEWED AND REDRAFTED TO CONFORM WITH THE ELEMENTS OF THE MASTER PLAN, SUCH AS MEDIUM OR HIGH DENSITY, ETC, THEN NEXT THEY ARE SUGGESTING TAKING THE COUNTY ON A SECTION BY SECTION BASIS AND SCHED- ULING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON EACH. HE STATED THAT IN THIS WAY YOU WILL BE ADJUSTING YOUR PLAN AS YOU GO ALONG, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THEIR SAY, AND YOU WILL HAVE ZONING THAT IS CONSISTENT. HE NOTED THAT IF YOU CONTINUE TO ALLOW ZONING INCONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT MORE AND MORE PROBLEM AREAS, COMMISSIONER MASSEY ASKED IF "CONSISTENT" WAS INTENDED TO MEAN IN A GENERAL AREA OR A SET PIECE OF LAND, AS HE FELT IF YOU ARE TOO SPECIFIC, YOU COULD AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE LAND, ATTORNEY KRAMER STATED THAT THE "BLOBS" ON THE MASTER LAND USE MAP WOULD HAVE TO BE DEFINITELY'BOUNDED, WHICH WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS HELD ON EACH SECTION. B' f CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WONDERED WHETHER BY SQUARING OFF THESE BOUNDARIES, WE MIGHT LOSE SOME OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL OVER WHAT ZONING CAN OR CANNOT BE GRANTED$ ATTORNEY KRAMER AGREED THIS WAS POSSIBLE, BUT FELT IT COULD k BE TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND IN THE ORDINANCE TO SOME EXTENT. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT THE ZONING BOARD IS AND HAS BEEN ZONING IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN EVER SINCE IT WAS APPROVED. HE STATED THAT THEY LOOK AT THE LAND USE MAP EVERY TIME THEY REZONE AND EVEN NOW ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REZONING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY, BUT IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME. r: CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT WHEN WE DID ADOPT THE MASTER PLAN,.HE WAS CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT BE DISREGARDED, BUT FOR THE RECORD, HE HAS KEPT TRACK AND THERE HAS NOT BEEN A REZONING IN THE COUNTY IN- E CONSISTENT WITH THE GRAPHICS OF THE LAND USE IAP.