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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ZONING - -- HAD TO DO WITH CUTTING A CANAL THROUGH. ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT ALL MR. BRIGGS WANTS TO DO IS CUT A CANAL THROUGH, IF AND -WHEN IT COMES ABOUT, BUT THIS COULD BE DONE IN R-1 ZONING AS WELL AS R-3. MR. BRIGGS FELT THAT THE HURDLES WOULD BE EASIER TO OVER- COME IF THE ZONING WERE R-3, ESPECIALLY IF THE STATE BECOMES INVOLVED. HE REITERATED THAT THE OBJECTIONS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. MR, BRIGGS FELT THAT FROM THE TIP OF THE PROPERTY WEST, IT COULD BE CONSIDERED SPOIL ISLANDS. HARRY F. HYND, PRESIDENT OF THE NEWLY FORMED HOBART LANDING HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, STATED THAT THEY WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AND THE BOARDS ACTION AND THEY SUPPORT 100% THE ZONING CHANGE FROM R-3 TO R-1. HE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE BIG SIGNS INDICATING THAT HOBART LANDING IS PRIVATE PROPERTY, WITH NO TRESPASSING ALLOWED, AND THEY ALL BOUGHT EXPENSIVE HOMES BECAUSE THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE RIVER THROUGH THE CHANNEL. MR. HYND FELT THERE ARE NOT MANY AREAS LEFT IN THE COUNTY SUCH AS THIS ONE; IT IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY PLACE. HE CONTINUED THAT IT IS NOT A MATTER OF HAVING A FEAR OF A MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENT GOING IN, THEIR FEAR IS THAT THIS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WILL NO LONGER CONTINUE TO BE PRIVATE. HE STATED THAT R-1 ZONING IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THE USES OF THE PROPERTY, AND HE FELT PUTTING A CANAL THROUGH THERE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM. MR. HYND FELT THAT TO PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY, AND UNDER THE AGREEMENTS IN WHICH THE HOMEOWNERS PURCHASED THEIR PROPERTY, THE ZONING SHOULD BE CHANGED TO R-1, ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY, IF ZONED R-1, COULD NOT BE USED FOR A MARINA; IT COULD BE CUT FOR A CHANNEL, ASSUMING THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITS COULD BE OBTAINED. GEORGE KRAFT, 3536 MARTHAS LANE, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE IS A DEPOSITION ON FILE SHOWING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WERE UNANIMOUS IN WANTING THE ZONING R-1 AND ONLY THOSE WANTING IT -TO BE R-3 WERE HOBART BROTHERS COMPANY. HE CONTINUED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD NOV 2 x.1979 41 mow `��..