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CHAIRMAN WODTKE ANNOUNCED THAT WE W11_L NOW RESUME THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE REZONING TO R -IA REQUESTED BY THE DETTORES, WHICH PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING, WHEN NEITHER THE DETTORES NOR THEIR AGENT WAS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THE ESSENCE OF THE _ L DISCUSSION AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING WAS WHETHER OR NOT R -2B ZONING MIGHT NOT BE MORE APPROPRIATE THAN R -IA, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT R -2B WOULD STILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO DO HIS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MANNER HE DESIRED AND WOULD ALSO PROTECT THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK EXPLAINED THAT R -2B IS A MULTIPLE FAMILY ZONE THAT WILL ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. MR. ALTMAN INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD ADVISED MR. •DETTORE THAT THERE WAS AN ABUNDANCE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AVAIL- ABLE IN THIS AREA AND THAT ZONING FOR APARTMENTS MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN, AND FOR THOSE REASONS AND BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THE SIX LOT DESIGN WAS DECIDED -UPON. MR. ALTMAN POINTED OUT THAT R-2 ZONING WOULD ALLOW ABOUT 40 FAMILIES ON FIVE ACRES, WHICH HE FELT WOULD NECESSITATE HAVING A TREATMENT PLANT AND STATED THAT.HE COULD NOT SEE HOW R -IA ZONING COULD HURT NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THERE'ARE MANY MOBILE HOMES IN -THE AREA AND BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING,USES, THE BOARD WAS CONCERNED AS TO WHETHER R -IA IS BEST SUITED TO THIS AREA. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT CONTINUED THAT THE BOARD ALSO WAS CONCERNED THAT R -1A ZONING MIGHT FORCE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS TO GO THE SAME WAY, AND CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THIS. COULD BE DEVELOPED IN A MOBILE HOME PARK. MR, ALTMAN STATED THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY DIDN'T COME IN WITH A REQUEST FOR R-2 WAS THEY DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD STAND A CHANCE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE FISH HOUSES IN THIS AREA. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT R -IA WOULD BE SPOT ZONING IN THE MIDDLE OF C-1. 63 J U L 9 1978 365 >®