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TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY INTO INDUSTRIAL LOTS. THIS PROPERTY IS <br />LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CEMETERY ROAD 660' WEST OF THE RAILROAD. <br />THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN INDICATES THAT THIS IS A LOW DENSITY RESI- <br />DENTIAL AREA BORDERING THE 660' INDUSTRIAL AREA ADJACENT TO THE <br />RAILROAD. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE SANDY RIDGE, WHICH IS PART <br />OF THE MAJOR RECHARGE AREA FOR THE COUNTY. IT IS PRESENTLY UNDEVEL- <br />OPED,AS IS THE MAJOR PART OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND THERE ARE <br />NO INDUSTRIAL USES WITHIN THE AREA AT THIS TIME. MR. REVER STATED <br />THAT THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REZONING REQUEST <br />BECAUSE APPROXIMATELY 2/3 OF THE PROPERTY THE APPLICANT OWNS ALREADY <br />IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL AND HE, THEREFORE, CAN DEVELOP THE MAJORITY OF <br />HIS PROPERTY AS HE WISHES. THE PLANNING STAFF FEELS M-1 IS PREMATURE <br />BECAUSE IN DEVELOPING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEY EXPECT TO RECOM- <br />MEND A REDUCTION OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN THIS AREA AND HAVE <br />IT IN CENTERS RATHER THAN A STRIP AS NOW SHOWN ON THE ZONING MAP. <br />MR. REVER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION <br />DID NOT GO ALONG WITH THE PLANNING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. <br />ATTORNEY STEVE HENDERSON APPEARED REPRESENTING THE <br />APPLICANT, LEONARD HATALA, WHO OWNS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALSO A <br />10 ACRE TRACT IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST. MR. HENDERSON INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PETITION IS TO SQUARE OFF SOME <br />ZONING LINES TO AGREE WITH THE PROPERTY LINES BECAUSE ONE OF <br />MR. HATALA'S MAJOR PROBLEMS IN SUBDIVIDING THE PROPERTY IS THE <br />SHAPE OF IT IN RELATION TO THE ZONING LINES. ATTORNEY HENDERSON <br />NOTED THAT THE BOARD GRANTED A SIMILAR TYPE REQUEST TO A PROPERTY <br />OWNER SOUTH OF THIS AREA IN 1971. HE POINTED OUT THAT THEY ARE ONLY <br />ASKING FOR A REZONING OF 28% OF MR. HATALA'S TOTAL AREA AND ASKED <br />THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IF THEY INTEND TO CONTINUE DIAGONAL TYPE <br />ZONING IN THE MASTER PLAN. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER STATED THAT IT IS SPECULATIVE AT <br />THIS POINT, BUT FELT THAT INITIALLY WHEN YOU CLUSTER, YOU WOULD <br />MOST LIKELY GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD USE EXISTING PROP- <br />ERTY LINES AND THAT WOULD BE HIS RECOMMENDATION. <br />55 42 FAGS 471 <br />