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9 <br />PLANNING STAFF STUDIED THE WHOLE AREA, WHICH IS SCATTERED,RESIDENTIAL <br />WITH A RECENT REZONING TO R-2 TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THERE IS <br />SUFFICIENT LAND AVAILABLE FOR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PLANNING <br />& ZONING .COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING R -2A WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOUR UNITS <br />PER ACRE FOR THIS WHOLE AREA. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS MEDIUM DENSITY <br />FOR THIS AREA. <br />ORVIS COURSEY APPEARED REPRESENTING MR. PESTRICHELLI, AND <br />STATED THAT HE HAS A LETTER AUTHORIZING HIM TO DO S0. HE STATED THAT <br />MR. PESTRICHELLI IS PRIMARILY INTERESTED IN HAVING HIS LOT ZONED R -2A <br />BECAUSE HE WISHES TO BUILD A HOME THERE, <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD, <br />ATTORNEY BOGOSIAN APPEARED REPRESENTING .JAMES MORCHESKY AND <br />EDWARD LEISH AND REVIEWED THE HISTORY.OF HIS CLIENTS' PROPERTY. HE <br />NOTED THAT THE•MORCHESKYS PURCHASED FERNDALE LODGE, WITHIN THE LAST YEAR <br />OR SO, EXECUTED A $90,000 MORTGAGE, ON WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN•PAYING <br />MAINLY INTEREST, AND MADE PLANS TO EXPAND THE FACILITY. SINCE THAT <br />TIME, MR. MORCHESKY WAS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT. ENGINEER EDWIN <br />SCHMUCKER WAS HIRED LAST JULY TO PREPARE A SITE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY, <br />AND HE DID GET SITE PLAN APPROVAL JUST A WEEK AGO. WHEN THE WORK ALREADY <br />APPROVED IS COMPLETED, IT WILL ADD THREE UNITS AND THE DENSITY WILL BE <br />ABOUT H. ATTORNEY BOGOSIAN POINTED OUT THAT SINCE THIS PROPERTY IS <br />PRESENTLY ZONED C-1, HIS -CLIENTS COULD HAVE INCREASED THE DENSITY SUB- <br />STANTIALLY. HE CONTINUED THAT IF THIS PROPERTY IS REZONED TO R -2A, THE <br />UNITS WILL BE NONCONFORMING, WHICH WILL PUT HIS CLIENTS IN A DIFFICULT <br />POSITION IN A RESALE AND POSSIBLY JEOPARDIZE THEIR ABILITY TO PAY OFF <br />THE EXISTING MORTGAGE. HE FURTHER POINTED OUT THAT IF YOU GO OVER THE <br />DITCH TO THE SOUTH, THERE IS A WELDING SHOP AND ANOTHER MOTEL. ATTORNEY <br />BOGOSIAN REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD CONSIDER DELETING THE LOWER PARCEL <br />'OF LAND IN GOVERNMENT LOT 1 FROM THE PROPOSED REZONING TO R -2A OR', AT <br />THE VERY LEAST, GRANT HIS CLIENTS A REZONING TO R -2C SINCE R -2B WOULD <br />ALLOW ONLY ONE MORE UNIT. HE REALIZED THIS WOULD ENTAIL READVERTISING, <br />BUT POINTED OUT THE MASTER PLAN CALLS FOR MEDIUM DENSITY THERE. <br />52 <br />6ppK 9 PAGE 430 <br />