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ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED ATTORNEY MICHAEL O'HAIRE IF HE IS ACTING <br />FOR THE MARTINS AND WILL ACCEPT NOTICE FOR THEM, <br />ATTORNEY W HAIRE STATED THAT HE IS REPRESENTING MR. AND MRS. <br />MARTIN AND WILL ACCEPT NOTICE. <br />ASSISTANT'COUNTY PLANNER, BOB BERG,INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS <br />PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF OF WABASSO ROAD AND IS INDICATED IN THE MASTER <br />PLAN AS "PRIMARY CITRUS". HE NOTED THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WABASSO ROAD <br />THERE IS CITRUS GROWING, BUT THAT IS AN AREA THAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE <br />"EITHER/OR" CITRUS. THIS PIECE OF LAND IS ONE OF THE FEW IN THIS AREA THAT <br />IS NOT DEVELOPED IN CITRUS. THERE ARE TWO HOUSES ON THE ENTIRE PIECE OF <br />PROPERTY. MR. BERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS REZONING REQUEST HAS <br />ALREADY BEEN APPROVED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE ZONING BOARD. MR, BERG <br />CONTINUED THAT A PREVIOUS REQUEST MADE BY MR. MARTIN FOR THIS REZONING WAS <br />TURNED DOWN DUE TO OBJECTIONS FROM THE CITRUS PEOPLE. HE NOTED THAT THE <br />PLANNING STAFF NOW RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE PLAN PRESENTED CALLS FOR LOW <br />DENSITY, AND THEY DO NOT FEEL IT IS CONTRARY TO THE INTENT OF THE CITRUS <br />AREA. MR, BERG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS ONLY 16 ACRES AND CANNOT <br />BE FARMED ECONOMICALLY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT SOME OF THE REASONS THIS REQUEST <br />WAS DENIED PREVIOUSLY WERE BECAUSE OF SPRAY EQUIPMENT, PICKERS, GROVE <br />WORKERS, ETC., BEING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO HOMES. <br />ATTORNEY MICHAEL O'HAIRE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A <br />DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS APPLICATION AND THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION MADE BY <br />THE MARTINS. HE STATED THAT THEY NOW HAVE MET WITH THE CITRUS PEOPLE AND <br />HAVE AGREED TO A DEED RESTRICTION WHICH WILL ALLOW THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING <br />LANDS, WHO MAY BE ENGAGED IN THE GROWING OF CITRUS, TO SPRAY AND FERTILIZE, <br />ETC., AND PURSUE THEIR BUSINESS WITHOUT HINDRANCE OR COMPLAINT. MR, O'HAIRE <br />DID NOT FEEL THERE IS ANY DOUBT THAT RESIDENTIAL AND CITRUS CAN BE COMPATIBLE <br />IF EACH KNOWS WHAT THE OTHER IS DOING. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE <br />ALREADY SOME VERY LARGE HOMES IN THIS AREA. ALSO, THE COLORED SECTION IS <br />ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY CITRUS, INCLUDING THE•SCHOOL, AND THERE IS NO <br />36 <br />SEP 7 1977 ��e� 30 PAcF460 <br />