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Y PLANNING DIRECTOR REDICK INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THIS 80 <br />ACRE TRACT WAS IN OLD GROVE MOSTLY REMOVED BECAUSE OF AGE, IN THE SOUTH- <br />EAST CORNER THERE IS ONE RESIDENCE WITH A GROUP OF STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND <br />IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER THERE HAS BEEN A NEW METAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED <br />FOR REPAIR AND STORAGE OF AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT. THE INTENT IS TO <br />REZONE FOR ONE -ACRE LOTS, THE MASTER PLAN SHOWS THE NORTH AS LOW DENSITY <br />RESIDENTIAL AND THE SOUTH AS AGRICULTURAL WITH OVERLAPPING PRIMARY CITRUS. <br />ESSENTIALLY THE ZONING BOTH EAST AND WEST IS AGRICULTURAL, AND TO THE <br />NORTH AND WEST THERE IS A FAIRLY LARGE SIZE AREA OF R-1. MR. REDICK <br />E` <br />STATED THE STAFF S PROPOSED 1979 PLAN DESIGNATES THIS AREA AS A TRANSI- <br />TION AREA AND SUITABLE FOR LOW DENSITY. THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL <br />OF THE ZONING CHANGE, SUBJECT, HOWEVER, TO REMOVAL OF THE BUILDING TO <br />THE NORTH BEFORE BUILDING A SUBDIVISION. THEY WISH.TO MAKE IT WELL <br />KNOWN TO THE APPLICANT THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM. MR. REDICK REFERRED TO <br />THE MINUTES OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AND NOTED THAT MR. <br />SEXTON WAS VERY CONCERNED WITH REMOVAL OF PRIME CITRUS PROPERTY, AND <br />MRS. BEINDORF WAS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC. MR. REDICK FELT THE PLANNING <br />AND ZONING COMMISSION BASICALLY VOTED TO DENY THE REZONING REQUEST BASED <br />ON THE NEED FOR CITRUS, THE SOIL CONDITIONS, AND THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC <br />HAZARD. <br />ATTORNEY B. T. COOKSEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING <br />MR. AND MRS. .JOEL KEEN. HE PRESENTED AN AERIAL PHOTO, AND COMMENTED <br />+ THAT A SUBDIVISION WAS RECENTLY APPROVED RIGHT IN THIS AREA. HE INFORMED <br />THE BOARD THAT MR. KEEN AGREED THAT IF THE PROPERTY WERE REZONED, HE <br />WOULD REMOVE THE BARN, ATTORNEY COOKSEY FELT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO <br />GIVE THE BOARD A LITTLE BACKGROUND SO HIS CLIENT CAN GET A FULL HEARING <br />AND A FAIR HEARING. ATTORNEY COOKSEY NOTED THAT .JOEL KEEN IS A LOCAL <br />CITRUS MAN AND HAS BEEN IN CITRUS MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE THEN REVIEWED <br />•''`. MR. KEENS FAMILY HISTORY, NOTING THAT HIS GREAT-GRANDFATHER, EMIL <br />GOLLNICK, WAS A CITRUS PIONEER, AND HIS GRANDFATHER IS A CITRUS MAN AND <br />HAS BEEN FOR 60 YEARS. HIS UNCLES ALSO HAVE BEEN IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS <br />IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND HIS MOTHER IS IN THE CITRUS BUSINESS. ATTORNEY <br />COOKSEY CONTINUED THAT THIS PROPERTY WAS PLACED IN CITRUS GROVES IN <br />48 <br />MAR 2 11979 <br />BOOK 39 PACE 298 <br />