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•DEWEY WALKER, ZONING DIRECTOR, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IN <br />REGARD TO A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ORDINANCE N0. 74-20 FOR URIAs FORBES. <br />HE STATED THAT MR. FORBES WISHES TO BUILD A DUPLEX ON THIS PROPERTY WHICH <br />IS ZONED R;Z, BUT THE PROPERTY IS LANDLOCKED AND BORDERED BY THE FLORIDA <br />EAST COAST RAILWAY. MR. WALKER NOTED THAT THERE IS A STREET ALONG THE <br />RAILROAD PROPERTY THAT LEADS INTO THIS PROPERTY WHICH HAS BEEN THERE FOR <br />35 YEARS OR MORE, BUT HE FEELS ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH THE FEC SHOULD <br />BE STRAIGHTENED OUT, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS AGREED THAT THERE IS A WAY IN AND OUT <br />TO THIS PROPERTY, BUT IT IS OWNED BY THE RAILROAD AND ISNOT MAINTAINED <br />BY THE COUNTY. HE ALSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE HOMES IN THIS LOCATION THAT <br />HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THE PROPERTY DOES OVERLAP INTO RAIL- <br />ROAD PROPERTY. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER SUGGESTED THAT MR, FORBES PUT THE BUILDING <br />ON THE PROPERTY SO IT DOES NOT EXTEND ONTO THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, <br />MR. FORBES INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE BUILDING .WOULD NOT BE <br />PLACED ON THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY. HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT THE BANK IS <br />DUBIOUS ABOUT LENDING HIM MONEY TO BUILD ON THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT A SURVEY <br />AND ACCESS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO GRANTING A SPECIAL <br />EXCEPTION AS LONG AS THE FEC ALLOWS MR, FORBES ACCESS, <br />ZONING DIRECTOR WALKER SUGGESTED THAT MR. FORBES OBTAIN A LETTER <br />TO THIS EFFECT FROM THE FEC. <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION THE BOARD DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS ANY <br />PARTICULAR PROBLEM WITH GRANTING THE EXCEPTION, BUT DID NOT WISH TO DO <br />IT WITHOUT MR. FORBES MAKING CERTAIN HE HAS INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THE <br />FEC. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS INFORMATION WILL BE NEEDED BEFORE MR. <br />FORBES APPLIES FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL OR CAN GETA LOAN FROM THE BANK, <br />AND HE ALSO SHOULD OBTAIN A CERTIFIED SURVEY OF HIS PROPERTY. <br />ADMINISTRATOR .JENNINGS DISCUSSED WITH THE BOARD A LETTER RE- <br />CEIVED FROM THE ROCKRIDGE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION REQUESTING THAT THE <br />COUNTY PAINT ROCKRIDGE HALL, WHICH THE COUNTY OWNS AND MAINTAINS. THE <br />ADMINISTRATOR REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY DID CONSIDERABLE WORK ON THIS BUILDING <br />JUST LAST YEAR AND STATED HE HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE <br />BUILDING LATELY, <br />16 <br />SEP 7 19773 O <br />r �. `g t <br />