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ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE WORD "CONVALESCENT" CAN BE ADDED TO THE ORDINANCE BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS INCLUDED NURSING HOMES AND CONVALESCENT HOMES WITHIN THE SAME DEFINITION. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS INTENDED FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND WHAT IS SUGGESTED WOULD INVOLVE A BROADER SCOPE. HE DID NOT BELIEVE A NURSING HOME IS NECESSARILY A CONVALESCENT HOME, WHICH HE FELT WOULD INCLUDE MORE AMBULATORY PATIENTS. COMMISSIONER LYONS POINTED OUT THAT IF THE WORDING WERE TOO FLEXIBLE, IT WOULD ALLOW CONVALESCENT HOMES AND OTHER TYPE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SENIOR CITIZENS LIFE CARE FACILITIES, IN A C-lA ZONE, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WOULD BE SUITABLE. HE RECOMMENDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE BEFORE MAKING SUCH A CHANGE. MR. REVER STATED THAT HIS PARTICULAR CONCERN WAS NURSING AND CONVALESCENT. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM IN THAT OUR ZONING ORDINANCE DOES DEFINE NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES AS THE SAME AND THEY DO INCLUDE THE AGED, CONVALESCING PERSONS, ETC. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ABOUT THE INTENT AND DEFINITIONS AND WHETHER THE DEFINITION IN THE ORDINANCE NEEDS REWORKING. CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT WE SHOULD STICK WITH THE WORDING IN THE ADVERTISEMENT. HE ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. ATTORNEY BYRON COOKSEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING FL®RIDA LIVING CARE. HE STATED THAT IT IS A NURSING HOME ACTIVITY AND HE HlAb FELT THAT NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES WERE INTERCHANGEABLE. BE STATED THAT FLORIDA LIVING CARE BUILDS NURSING HOMES, AND THESE ARE NOT LIFE CARE FACILITIES. THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE ELSE WISHED TO SPEAK. THERE WERE NONE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 79-18 ADDING NURSING HOMES AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION UNDER C-lA. 29 .JUL 51979 41 FaUE 96