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r <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT WE USED TO HAVE A NUMBER <br />OF CUT AND DRIED CATEGORIES IN EACH DISTRICT, BUT SHE FELT SURE THE <br />LONG LIST OF SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF ABUSES OF THESE <br />PERMITTED USES, SHE CONTINUED THAT WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY TOWARDS <br />ESTABLISHING A MORE SOPHISTICATED PROCESS WITH OUR SITE PLAN APPROVAL <br />AND SHE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT RETAINING THE SAFE -GUARD OF THE SITE PLAN <br />APPROVAL SO IF WE TURN AROUND AND PUT A NUMBER OF THINGS BACK IN <br />PERMITTED USES THERE WON `T BE FURTHER ABUSES, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE WAS SUGGESTING THAT WE <br />REQUIRE SITE PLAN APPROVAL ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES WITHIN ALL OF THESE <br />6 <br />ZONES AND SAY THISIS A PERMITTED USE IN THIS ZONE PROVIDED CERTAIN <br />SAFEGUARDS ARE TAKEN, HE FELT THIS WILL ELIMINATE APPLICANTS HAVING <br />TO PROVE THEIR CASE TWICE, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS AGREED THERE IS A SUBTLE DIFFERENCE AND <br />THAT HAVING TO PROVE THEIR CASE TWICE COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE AFFECT. <br />MR. BERG NOTED THAT VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION ARE <br />PRETTY CLOSE. SPECIAL EXCEPTION IS INTENDED TO APPLY TO THOSE USES <br />THAT WOULD NOT NORMALLY BE ALLOWED IN SPECIFIC ZONES AS A PERMITTED <br />USE, HE FELT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE USES IN DISTRICTS THAT WILL BE <br />ALLOWED "PROVIDED," BUT FELT WE ARE STILL ON DANGEROUS GROUND AS FAR <br />AS BEING ARBITRARY IS CONCERNED. MR. BERG WAS OF THE OPINION THAT <br />SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS DO SERVE A PURPOSE AND ALSO GIVEA LITTLE MORE <br />AUTHORITY TO THE ZONING COMMISSION. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED IN REGARD TO THE NEED FOR BOTH SPECIAL <br />EXCEPTIONS AND SITE PLAN APPROVAL, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT <br />HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE WORK DONE IN REGARD TO CHANGES FROM VARIOUS <br />CATEGORIES, AND WOULD LIKE ATTORNEY COLLINS TO DO SOME WORK ON THE <br />DEFINITION OF PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS SUBMITTED BY MR, BERG, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF THIS'.JS TO BE DONE ON AN EMERGENCY <br />BASIS OR WHETHER HE SHOULD ADVERTISE. IT WAS AGREED THIS IS AN EMERGENCY <br />SITUATION, AND THE ATTORNEY STATED HE WOULD PREPARE SOMETHING FOR THE <br />BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS AFTERNOON. <br />34 <br />FEB 81978 BOOK 33 PAGE 444 <br />