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r <br />MAR 51980 som 42 FAGS 849? <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE <br />SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 4.5 ACRES ON THE SOUTHEAST <br />CORNER OF RANCH ROAD (82ND AVE.) AND S.R. 60. THE APPLICANT INTENDS <br />TO CONSTRUCT A CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS PUMPS. IT IS PRESENTLY <br />UNDEVELOPED, AND THERE IS A GROVE AND MOBILE HOME PARK TO THE NORTH <br />AND A TRUCK STOP TO THE WEST. MR. REVER CONTINUED THAT AN ANALYSIS <br />WAS DONE BY STAFF, AND IT IS.THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS REZONING <br />SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE ALREADY IS <br />APPROXIMATELY 170 ACRES OF EXISTING B-1, WHICH WILL ALLOW ALMOST <br />EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN THE SAME AS IN C-1 OR C-lA,WITH THE EXCLUSION <br />OF A GAS SERVICE STATION. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS <br />OTHER FACILITIES WITHIN A MILE AND A HALF TO THE WEST, AND HE FELT <br />THE EXISTING B-1 WAS AMPLE TO SUPPLY THE PRESENT AND FUTURE NEEDS <br />FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER <br />COMMENTED THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING, BOARD, RATHER THAN CHANGE THE <br />WHOLE PARCEL TO C -1A, PREFERRED TO COMPROMISE AND HAVE -A SMALLER <br />PARCEL OF APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF AN ACRE FOR THE GAS PUMPS AND THE <br />REMAINDER PUT INTO B-1. HE CONTINUED THAT IT IS THE STAFF'S CONTENTION <br />THAT THIS DOES NOT ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM ANY, AND THERE IS NO <br />ADDITIONAL NEED FOR EITHER IN THE VICINITY. THE PLANNING & ZONING <br />BOARD VOTED 3-2 IN FAVOR OF REZONING TO C-lA AND B-1, BUT THE PLANNING <br />STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND THIS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS INQUIRED AS TO THE RATIONALE FOR REZONING <br />THE ENTIRE PARCEL WHEN THEY JUST INTEND TO BUILD A CONVENIENCE STORE, <br />AND THE PLANNING DIRECTOR DID NOT KNOW THAT THERE WAS ANY PARTICULAR <br />RATIONALE. <br />ATTORNEY GORDON JOHNSTON APPEARED REPRESENTING MR. ,AND MRS. <br />CLAYTON, THE APPLICANTS. HE FELT THE VOTE OF THE PLANNING & ZONING <br />COMMISSION WAS 4 TO 1 IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING, BUT PLANNING DIRECTOR <br />REVER STATED THAT IT WAS NOT. <br />ATTORNEY JOHNSTON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHEN THIS REQUEST <br />ORIGINALLY WAS SUBMITTED, THEY HAD A CONTRACT CONTINGENT ON REZONING <br />TO ALLOW A SERVICE STORE WITH GAS PUMPS, SIMILAR TO THE 7-11 STORES <br />