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ASSISTANT PLANNER BERG INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS PROPERTY <br />IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WINTER BEACH ROAD AND IS IN AN AREA <br />ZONED R-1 WITH SOME AGRICULTURAL ZONING TO THE WEST. HE NOTED THAT <br />THERE IS ALSO SOME M-1 ZONING IN THE AREA, AND THE AREA IS PRETTY <br />MUCH UNDEVELOPED. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS A LAKE ALONG WITH SOME <br />EXCESS FILL. MR. BERG STATED THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION HAS <br />RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF THE REQUEST BECAUSE IT IS CONTRARY TO THE MASTER <br />PLAN, AND EVEN THOUGH AN AGRICULTURAL ZONING IS REQUESTED, THERE <br />WOULD BE A MORE OR LESS COMMERCIAL TYPE USE OF THE PROPERTY WHICH <br />MIGHT RESULT IN OTHER REQUESTS OF A SIMILAR NATURE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT ACTUALLY THE -ZONING <br />COMMISSION HAD A TIE VOTE, AND NO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INDICATES DENIAL. a <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT IN REGARD TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE <br />MASTER PLAN, HE WOULD STAND BY THE FACT THAT AGRICULTURAL ZONING IS <br />A HOLDING ZONE AND CAN BE INCORPORATED IN ANY PART OF THE MASTER <br />PLAN. <br />MR. BERG AGREED THAT AGRICULTURAL IS A HOLDING ZONE, BUT <br />•� POINTED OUT THAT THE OWNER INTENDS TO USE THE LAND FOR A COMMERCIAL <br />NURSERY, WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO DIFFICULTIES LATER. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT THE OPERATION OF A NURSERY <br />IS A COMMERCIAL THING AND SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED IN AN AGRICULTURAL <br />ZONE. <br />MR. BERG STATED THAT SALE OF PLANTS IS ALLOWED IN <br />AGRICULTURAL ZONING AND•HE BELIEVED.THAT A NORMAL ACCESSORY USE TO <br />THE GROWING OF PLANTS WOULD BE THE SALE OF THEM. HE STATED THAT HE <br />DID FIND SOME DIFFICULTY IN A TRANSITION FROM A NOTHING USE TO A USE <br />THAT WOULD LEAD TO A MORE COMMERCIAL TYPE, <br />ENNIS PROCTOR INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE OWNS TWO 10 ACRE <br />TRACTS IN THIS AREA, AND THE EAST PART IS VERY LOW LAND. HE <br />CONTINUED THAT HE HAS DUG A FISHING LAKE ON THE•ONE TRACT AND HAS TO <br />FILL SOME OF THE LOW LAND, HIS INTENTION IS TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL <br />NURSERY. MR. ENNIS CONTINUED THAT HE WAS INFORMED THAT HE COULD <br />DO THIS IN A CLANDESTINE MANNER, BUT HE WANTS TO DO IT LEGALLY. <br />MR, ENNIS STATED THAT HIS PROPERTY IS NOW ZONED R-1 AND IT RUNS <br />47 <br />ow <br />JL 0.510`3 <br />