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Y MAR 51900 42 *E851,. OF THE ZONING BOARD WAS TO APPROVE C-lA FOR A SMALL SECTION IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARCEL AND CHANGE THE REMAINDER TO B-1. HE ASKED IF WE CAN CONSIDER CHANGING DIFFERENT PORTIONS AS LONG AS WE DOWNGRADE THE ZONING. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED HE PERSONALLY WOULD PREFER TO SEE IT READVERTISED, BUT FELT IT IS A LESSER USE AND WITH A STIPULATION FROM THE APPLICANT, HE BELIEVED THE BOARD COULD MOVE AHEAD. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE TO ADOPT ORDINANCE 80-9 AUTHORIZING A CHANGE IN ZONING TO C -IA FOR THE 150 X 250 PIECE IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL; THE REMAINDER TO STAY IN R-3. MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMIS- SIONER DEESON, TO DENY THE REZONING REQUEST ON THE BASIS THAT THERE ALREADY IS SUFFICIENT B-1 ZONING IN THE AREA AND BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, IN EFFECT, SPOT ZONING. COMMISSIONER WODTKE COMMENTED THAT HERE WE HAVE A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAS TEN ACRES, AND ALTHOUGH THIS INTERSECTION DOES NOT YET BEAR THE SAME TRAFFIC AS 510 AND 512, HE FELT THERE IS A NEED AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE THE COMMERCIAL ZONING ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND DENY IT ON THE OTHER SIDE. HE BELIEVED BY ZONING THIS IN A WAY THAT CREATES A BUFFER, WE CAN PROPERLY CONTROL THAT AREA. COMMISSIONER WODTKE DID NOT SEE ANY PARTICULAR NEED FOR THE APPLICANT TO GO TO THE B-1, AND FELT IF THERE IS SUCH A NEED IN THE FUTURE, IT COULD BE ADDRESSED AT THAT TIME. HE FURTHER FELT THAT WITH TODAY IS ECONOMY, THERE IS A NEED FOR CONVENIENCE STORES SINCE THEIR SELF-SERVICE GAS PUMPS ARE ABOUT THE LEAST EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE THE PROFITS IN THE STORE AND NOT SO MUCH ON THE GAS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT GAS IS MORE EXPENSIVE IN CONVENIENCE STORES AND STATED THAT HE FELT DIFFERENTLY FROM -EVERYONE BECAUSE WHILE HE AGREED THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR A CONVENIENCE STORE, HE DID NOT FEEL A GAS STATION WAS NEEDED, AND HE DID NOT FEEL YOU WOULD WANT B-1 ON THAT INTERSECTION.