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9 <br />LI <br />MAX GOSHERT, OWNS TWO LOTS, AND THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION RE- <br />QUESTED REZONING FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. <br />MRS. BERARD NOTED THAT THIS AREA IS DEVELOPED ALMOST ENTIRELY <br />IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THERE ARE TWO MOBILE HOMES AND ONE'WILL <br />BE REMOVED WHEN THE APPLICANT BUILDS. MRS. BERARD CONTINUED THAT THE <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN INDICATES LOW DENSITY FOR THE AREA. THERE ARE 29 <br />NON -CONFORMING USES IN THIS VICINITY WHICH CANNOT BE EXPANDED OR REBUILT, <br />IF DESTROYED. THERE ALSO ARE DESIRABLE BUILDING LOTS WHICH CANNOT BE <br />BUILT UPON UNDER THE PRESENT ZONING. MRS. BERARD STATED THAT THERE ARE <br />NO EXISTING COMMERCIAL USES INCLUDED IN THE REZONING REQUEST, AND THE <br />PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF REZONING TO R-1, <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE SOUTHERNMOST LOTS IN BLOCK 5, LOTS <br />9 AND 10, WHICH WOULD NOT BE USABLE UNDER THE R-1 ZONING BECAUSE OF <br />ITS MORE RESTRICTIVE SETBACK REQUIREMENTS. MRS. BERARD STATED THAT THE <br />PLANNING STAFF WAS NOT AWARE OF THAT PROBLEM AT THE TIME OF` -THE PLANNING <br />& ZONING HEARING. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />MR. W. ASKINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE LIVES ON LOT 4, <br />BLOCK 4, AND HIS WIFE HAS A POODLE BUSINESS. THEY ALSO:OWN LOTS 5 AND <br />7, BLOCK 4, WHICH ARE TOO SMALL TO BUILD HOMES ON, AND THEY COULD NOT <br />BUY THE SMALL PIECE OF LOT 6 IN BETWEEN. HE POINTED OUT THAT BOTH SIDES <br />OF THE HIGHWAY ARE COMMERCIAL, AND IF THIS PROPERTY, WHICH HE BOUGHT <br />MANY YEARS AGO AS AN INVESTMENT, BECOMES RESIDENTIAL, IT WILL BE LESS <br />VALUABLE. HE ASKED IF THEY COULD CONTINUE WITH THEIR POODLE BUSINESS, <br />AND ZONING DIRECTOR WALKER INFORMED THEM IT WOULD BE GRAND -FATHERED <br />IN. MR. ASKINS FURTHER NOTED THAT NONE OF THE BUILDINGS IN THIS AREA <br />WOULD COME UP TO.PRESENT DAY BUILDING STANDARDS. HE FELT THE HIGHWAY <br />IS NOT A FIT PLACE FOR RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND THAT THE WHOLE BLOCK SHOULD <br />STAY COMMERCIAL. <br />TERRY GOSHERT LANGFORD INFORMED THE BOARD. THAT HER FATHER OWNS <br />LOTS 9 AND IO, BLOCK 4, WHICH EVENTUALLY WILL BE HERS, AND SHE WOULD <br />LIKE TO BUILD A HOME WHERE THE MOBILE HOME SITS. THERE IS ALSO A CABIN <br />ON THE LOT, WHICH WILL BE LEVELED. THESE ARE VERY OLD AND DETERIORATING <br />BUILDINGS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO UPGRADE. SHE FELT THAT MR. ASKINS HAS <br />APR 18 1979 <br />46 <br />Boa 39 PPE 474 <br />