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I JAN 91980 BODK 42 PAGE 504 ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT MR. REVER COMMENT ON THE VOTE OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION ON THIS MATTER. MR, REVER EXPLAINED THAT MR. D. B. SMITH, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION, OWNS LAND NEAR THE SITE IN QUESTION AND FELT IT MIGHT BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ATTORNEY BROWN DID NOT FEEL THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT MR. SMITH DECIDED NOT TO VOTE ANYWAY, AND IT APPEARS AS AN ABSTENTION. ATTORNEY COLLINS COMMENTED THAT THE COMMISSION HAS NOT HAD AN APPEAL OF A SITE PLAN SINCE THE ORDINANCE WAS REDRAFTED. THE ORDINANCE READS THAT NOTICE WILL BE GIVEN IN A MANNER SATISFACTORY TO THE BOARD. HE ASKED IF THE BOARD WAS SATISFIED THAT THE AGENDA, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO THE.PRESS, IS SATISFACTORY NOTICE. HE FELT THAT WE NEEDA STANDARD TO GO BY. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER STATED THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO GO ALONG WITH THE PROCESS AND HAS ALL THEIR MATERIAL, BUT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A KNOWN PROCEDURE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO INFORM THE APPLICANT AND TO BE SURE THEMSELVES EXACTLY HOW TO PROCEED. SENIOR PLANNER MARSH ALSO FELT THERE IS A NEED TO ESTABLISH A NOTIFICATION PROCESS FOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL APPEALS. COMMISSIONER LYONS WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS IS JUST A NORMAL NEXT STEP IN THE WHOLE PROCESS AND FELT IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR OTHER PROCEDURES. COMMISSIONER WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT REACHING SURROUNDING PROPER OWNERS IF IT WERE A LARGE SITE PLAN WHICH WOULD HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF IMPACT, BUT COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT THE MINUTES ARE AGENDAED AND ARE PUBLIC. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER ALSO POINTED OUT THAT ANYTHING OF THAT MAGNITUDE GOES BEFORE THE SUBDIVISION REVIEW COMMITTEE AND HAS TECHNICAL INPUT ALONG THE WAY. IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS NOTED THAT OCCASIONALLY THE ZONING BOARD HAS DECIDED THAT A PARTICULAR MATTER SHOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AND CALLS FOR IT EVEN THOUGH PROCEDURE DOES NOT REQUIRE IT.