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COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND <br />PROCEEDED WITH A CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT EVER CHECKING ON HOW <br />THE PROPERTY WAS ZONED, AND DR. MEEKO SAID THEY HAD THOUGHT IT WAS <br />AGRICULTURAL. <br />DALE COLEEN, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE SUN BANK OF FORT PIERCE, <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT AFTER DR. MEEKO APPLIED TO THEM FOR THE LOAN, <br />HE PERSONALLY CALLED THE ZONING OFFICE IN VERO AND ASKED ZONING DIRECTOR <br />DEWEY WALKER IF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION COULD BE USED FOR STALLS FOR <br />HORSES. HE STATED THAT MR. WALKER ASKED HIM FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE <br />PROPERTY, BUT WHEN HE HAD A PROBLEM LOCATING THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION IN <br />HIS FILES, MR. WALKER TOLD HIM TO JUST TELL HIM WHERE IT WAS LOCATED, <br />MR. COLEEN CONTINUED THAT HE GAVE MR. WALKER A GENERAL DESCRIPTION, AND <br />MR. WALKER STATED THAT PROPERTY IN THAT LOCATION WAS ALL ZONED AGRICUL- <br />TURAL AND COULD BE USED.FOR THAT PURPOSE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF THERE IS AGRICULTURAL ZONING <br />ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. <br />ZONING DIRECTOR WALKER REPLIED THAT THERE IS NOT; THAT IT IS <br />MOSTLY R-1. HE STATED THAT MR. COLEEN TOLD HIM THE PROPERTY WAS FIVE <br />MILES WEST OF TOWN AND FIVE MILES NORTH, THIS WOULD PUT YOU ON RANGE <br />ROAD, WHICH IS AGRICULTURAL. <br />K <br />RUTH MEEKO CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND.REVIEWED THE BACKGROUND <br />OF HOW SHE AND HER FATHER HAPPENED TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY. SHE STATED <br />THEY ASKED FOUR OR FIVE TIMES WHETHER IT WAS AGRICULTURAL AND WERE <br />ASSURED THAT IT WAS SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. SHE <br />NOTED THAT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE ARE COWS, AND IT IS AGRICULTURAL <br />EXCEPT FOR 330' ALONG LATERAL A. SHE STATED THAT SHE WANTED THIS FOR A <br />COMMERCIAL PROPERTY TO USE FOR GIVING RIDING LESSONS AND FOR RENTING <br />STALLS. MISS MEEKO STATED THAT IT IS A CLASSY LOOKING BARN, AND THEY <br />HOPED TO ENHANCE THE COUNTY BY PROVIDING AN ENDEAVOR IT -NEEDS. SHE <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT WHEN THEY LOOKED INTO BUYING THE ADDITIONAL 10 ACRES, <br />THE OWNER RAISED THE PRICE. SHE STATED THAT SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO <br />HAVE THE EXTRA PROPERTY, BUT IT WASN'T FEASIBLE WITH THE MONEY THEY HAD <br />ALREADY ALLOCATED. <br />42 <br />39 PACE 292 <br />J <br />