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NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SENT TO ROBERT E. AND SUSAN A. FIELDS, CIBA-GEIGY CORP., MURRAY AND MABEL MICHAEL, AND UNIVERSAL MOLD LTD., BY THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT AS REQUIRED BY FLORIDA STATUTE 125.66. COPIES OF SAID NOTICES ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. PLANNER VICKIE RENNA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 10 ACRES LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NORTH WINTER BEACH ROAD WEST OF KINGS HIGHWAY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE ZONING CHANGE IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A BARN FOR HIS LIVESTOCK AND TO TRAIN BIRD DOGS. THE SURROUNDING AREA IS EITHER IN AGRICULTURAL USE OR UNDEVELOPED WITH A FEW SCATTERED RESIDENCES, AND THE PRESENT LAND USE PLAN SHOWS LOW DENSITY. MS. RENNA CONTINUED THAT THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE REQUEST BE APPROVED SINCE THE PRIMARY USE OF THIS AREA IS AGRICULTURE IN NATURE. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER REPORTED THAT THIS WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH WITH THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALTHOUGH THIS CONSTITUTES SPOT ZONING TECHNICALLY, IT WAS THE FEELING THAT THE AREA GENERALLY IS IN AGRICULTURAL USE AND THIS WOULD NOT ACTUALLY CHANGE THE PHYSICAL USE OF THE AREA. HE CONTINUED THAT IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A NEW LAND USE PLAN, IT IS ANTICI- PATED THAT THE URBAN DEVELOPING AREA WILL PROBABLY RUN OUT TO ABOUT KINGS HIGHWAY, AND THIS PROPERTY IS OUT BEYOND THAT AREA. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT IT DOES PRESENTLY CONSTITUTE A HOLDING ZONE TYPE OF AREA, AND THEY FEEL THAT THIS AREA PROBABLY WAS REZONED R-1 PREMATURELY AND SHOULD HAVE REMAINED AGRICULTURAL. HE NOTED THAT THERE IS AGRICULTURAL TO THE EAST AND SOME TO THE WEST, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE AREA.OF R-1, WHICH IS IN BETWEEN TWO AGRICULTURAL AREAS. ACTUALLY, THIS WOULD BE A SPOT ZONE WITHIN A SPOT ZONE, MR. REVER STATED THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION D.ID VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.' ROBERT FIELDS, OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY,, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE TO BUILD A HOME ON THIS PROPERTY AND RAISE BIRD DOGS AND WALKING HORSES, AND HE WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THE -AGRICULTURAL ZONING. FEB 2 0 1980 55 BOOK 42 ,?AGE 7,' , ..