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LAW. MR. KNIGHT CONTINUED THAT OSLO HAS HAD THE HIGHEST GROWTH RATE <br />IN THE COUNTY. OCEAN SPRAY HAS JUST PUT A PLANT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK <br />AREA; HERCULES PECTIN HAS JUST PUT A MILLION DOLLAR WELL IN THE AREA <br />WHICH MAKES IT THE MOST DESIRABLE FOR DISPOSAL OF CHEMICAL WASTE IN THE <br />UNITED STATES. HE STATED THAT THIS HAS CAUSED A TREMENDOUS INQUIRY <br />FROM PEOPLE WISHING TO BUILD INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN THIS AREA. MR. KNIGHT <br />STATED THERE WILL BE A NEW CENTER AT OSLO AND U.S. 1; THE CORRECTIONAL <br />INSTITUTE IS GROWING; AND THE PAVING OF OSLO ROAD FROM I-95 TO THE <br />DRAINAGE DISTRICT INDICATES THAT THE STATE THINKS THIS IS A GROWING AREA. <br />HE STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD HAD DONE THEIR <br />HOMEWORK BECAUSE THEY DID NOT EVEN KNOW THIS ROAD WAS GOING TO.BE PAVED, <br />MR. KNIGHT CONTINUED THAT HE FELT THE NEW ZONING PROPOSED WOULD BE <br />VERY MUCH SPOT ZONING BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE C-1, SKIP AN AREA,AND THEN <br />HAVE MORE C-1. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDED ZONING <br />WAS APPROVED ONLY BY A 3-2 VOTE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WOULD <br />ACTUALLY MEAN THAT BASICALLY ONE PERSON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHANGE <br />IN ZONING, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WAS DEMOCRATIC. HE NOTED THAT IF THIS <br />PROPERTY WERE TO BE CHANGED TO AGRICULTURAL, THE VALUE WOULD DROP, AND <br />PEOPLE COULD BUY IT AND BUILD A HOME ON A FIVE ACRE PIECE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF MR KNIGHT WERE INDICATING THAT HE <br />WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE AGRICULTURAL CHANGED TO RESIDENTIAL, AND MR. <br />KNIGHT STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THAT. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK POINTED OUT THAT IT IS NOT THE USUAL <br />PROCEDURE FOR COMMERCIAL TO COME IN FIRST AND THEN RESIDENTIAL - IT <br />IS THE OTHER WAY AROUND. HE CONTINUED THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE ENTIRE <br />AREA IS AGRICULTURAL IN USE. HE STATED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO PROBLEMS <br />TO HIS KNOWLEDGE IN CHANGING ANY OF THE PLANNED AREA TO RESIDENTIAL. HE <br />FELT ESSENTIALLY THE ONLY WAY FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT YOU WILL GET <br />ANY MAJOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA IS IF YOU FIRST HAVE A <br />MARKET FOR THAT COMMERCIAL AREA. THE PLANNING DIRECTOR NOTED THERE IS <br />NO MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA BECAUSE THERE IS NO POPULATION TO <br />BE SERVED. HE FELT THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARDS RECOMMENDATION FOR <br />REMOVAL OF THIS AREA TO THE WEST IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO <br />MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. <br />63 <br />NOV 21 1978 <br />F�. L FJ <br />