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DR. ORMAN SPOKE OF BUFFER ZONES AND STATED THAT THIS THEORY IS NOT HELD IN HIGH REGARD ANY MORE BECAUSE TO PUT MORE PEOPLE NEXT TO A COMMERCIAL USE IS REALLY DOING THEM A DISSERVICE. HE STATED THAT STANDARDS OF DESIGN CAN PROVIDE EQUAL QUALITY OF BUFFERING, AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR MULTI -FAMILY AS A BUFFER.BETWEEN LAND USES. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE 20 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL USE PRESENTLY IN THE MOORINGS AND FELT THIS IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE FOR THE AREA. DR. ORMAN STATED THAT SOUTH BEACH IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIGH QUALITY, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STYLE HOMES, AND IT WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THAT LIFE- STYLE IF YOU CHANGED THE LAND USE STYLE TO MULTI -FAMILY. ATTORNEY CHESTER CLEM THEN SPOKE, NOTING THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING ACT OF 1975 REQUIRES ALL COUNTIES TO ADOPT A PLAN BY .JULY OF 1979 AND AS HE UNDERSTANDS IT, WHAT THE BOARD IS DOING TODAY IS A STEP IN THAT DIRECTION BY GETTING PUBLIC INPUT. HE NOTED THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A PLAN FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS PRESENT, AND ZONING FOLLOWS THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HE FELT THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF HAVING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM A PERSONALITY TYPE THING AND TO PLAN AHEAD. ATTORNEY CLEM CONTENDED THAT THE PRESENT 20 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL IS MORE THAN ADEQUATE AND ADDITIONALLY,'IT IS WITHIN A MILE OF THIS LOCATION. HE ALSO THOUGHT THAT THERE IS ALREADY ADEQUATE MULTI- FAMILY IN THE AREA. HE QUESTIONED THE BASIS OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION AND THOUGHT MR. REDICK HAS NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF ALL THE IMPACTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TODAY SIMPLY BECAUSE A DEVELOPER WANTS TO MOVE HIS PROPERTY FASTER. ATTORNEY CLEM CONTINUED THAT IT HAS BEEN HIS EXPERIENCE IN THIS COUNTY THAT AS COMMERCIAL GETS INTO AN AREA, MORE COMES IN AND THE SAME WITH MULTI -FAMILY. HE THEN MENTIONED THE LAW SUIT BY THE EISWELL CORPORATION VERSUS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY IN 1974 REGARDING PROPERTY ABUTTING THIS TO THE SOUTH. HE FELT THE DECISION MADE BY THE JUDGE IS VERY INDICATIVE OF WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH THAT AREA. HE STATED THAT THE .JUDGE'S REASONS FOR GOING ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION'S DENIAL OF THE ZONING CHANGE WERE BASED ON ALL THE FACTS PRESENTED HERE EARLIER TODAY. HE SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD THAT THERE'IS NO REASON TO MODIFY THEIR DECISION IN REGARD TO THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ADJACENT, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING TODAY. MR, CLEM FELT THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE 14 OCT 2 0197 �'F