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THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />DR. MEEKO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAS BEEN TRAINING <br />HORSES FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND BECAUSE SHE HAS HAD TO RENT STABLE SPACE, <br />IT WAS NOT AN ECONOMICAL VENTURE SO THEY LOOKED FOR SOME PROPERTY, AND <br />THIS PIECE OF GROUND WAS SHOWN TO THEM. HE NOTED THAT THERE ARE GROVES <br />TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY, AND ON THE EAST THERE IS A <br />LARGE PASTURE WHICH HAS HORSES AND COWS. DR. MEEKO CONTINUED THAT THEY <br />WERE ASSURED THAT THIS WAS AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY; THEY PURCHASED THE <br />PROPERTY; GOT THE LOAN APPROVED: HIRED A MAN AND HAD THE GROVE CLEARED <br />OFF. THEY THEN HIRED A BARN BUILDER, AND IT WAS WHEN HE CAME TO GET A <br />PERMIT THAT THEY WERE INFORMED THAT THIS IS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND <br />THAT THE BARN COULD NOT BE BUILT. DR, MEEKO STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF <br />THE BARN IN THE BEGINNING WAS A COMMERCIAL STABLE, NOT A PRIVATE STABLE, <br />AND AT THIS POINT THEY WERE COMMITTED WITH THE BANK SO THEY TRIED TO GET <br />IT BUILT. IT IS NOW ALMOST COMPLETE, AND THEY NEED THE AGRICULTURAL <br />ZONING SO IT CAN BE CONVERTED TO A COMMERCIAL STABLE. HE FELT THEIR <br />PROPERTY IS CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY <br />AND DOES NOT DEGRADE IT IN ANY WAY INASMUCH AS IT ALL IS AGRICULTURAL <br />IN FUNCTION, IF NOT ZONING. DR. MEEKO REITERATED THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY <br />WERE GETTING AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY, AND IT WASNIT UNTIL HE WAS WELL <br />COMMITTED FINANCIALLY THAT IT CROPPED UP THAT'THIS PROPERTY WAS RESI- <br />DENTIAL. HE STATED THAT AS FAR AS HE IS CONCERNED, THIS IS A HARDSHIP <br />CASE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF HE HAD AN ATTORNEY PRIOR TO PURCHASING <br />THE PROPERTY, AND DR. MEEKO STATED THAT HE DID NOT, BUT THAT HE ASKED <br />THE OWNER ABOUT THE ZONING AND ALSO THE BANK LOOKED INTO IT BEFORE THEY <br />I <br />GAVE HIM THE LOAN TO BUILD THE BARN. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT HE REALIZED THE DOCTOR IS IN A <br />DIFFICULT POSITION. THE FACT REMAINS, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROPERTY IS <br />ZONED RESIDENTIAL, THOUGH IT APPEARS SOMEONE HAS MISREPRESENTED THAT <br />FACT TO DR. MEEKO. CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO <br />i <br />LOOK AT THE REQUEST STRICTLY ON THE MERITS OF THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE <br />OF THE LAND, HE NOTED THAT ONE THING THAT CONCERNS HIM IS THAT THIS WAS <br />SUBMITTED FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL AS A PRIVATE OPERATION. <br />39 <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 289 <br />4W <br />