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APR 91980 <br />aoox 43 PAGE 197 <br />ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE EAST ON 27TH IN THE <br />SAME VICINITY WHICH WENT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AFTER THE ORIGINAL <br />HEARING TOOK PLACE, MR. REVER STATED THAT THE APPLICATION IS IN <br />ORDER, AND THE PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR REZONING TO <br />R -2B. THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOR R-2, BUT THE PLANNING & ZONING <br />COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THEY LESSEN THE DENSITY TO R -2B. THE <br />APPLICANT AGREED, AND THE REZONING REQUEST WAS CONSIDERED AS R -2B. <br />MR. REVER CONTINUED THAT THE PLANNING STAFF FEELS THAT THERE IS A <br />SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL TAKING PLACE IN THIS AREA AND THAT <br />R -2B WOULD BE A MORE PROPER TRANSITION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL OF THE <br />R-1 VARIETY AND THE COMMERCIAL. HE NOTED THAT RIGHT NOW THE SINGLE <br />HOME OWNER ON LOT 3, WHICH IMMEDIATELY ABUTS THE C-1, IS NOT FINDING <br />IT ADVANTAGEOUS FOR HOME OWNERSHIP. MR. REVER FELT THAT RENTAL <br />MIGHT BE A MORE TOLERABLE SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE TURN -OVER IN <br />RENTALS. HE NOTED THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION HAD A <br />SPLIT 2-2 VOTE ON THE PROPOSED REZONING. THE PLANNING STAFF MAINTAINS <br />THAT DUE TO INCREASED DEVELOPMENT OF THE C-1, THIS TYPE OF R-2 <br />DEVELOPMENT IS NOT INCOMPATIBLE OVER THE LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT OF <br />THE AREA. <br />ATTORNEY SAM BLOCK APPEARED REPRESENTING THE PETITIONER, <br />DOROTHY AND GEORGE CHILDERS.AND ALSO ALL OF THE SIX OTHER OWNERS OF <br />LOTS IN WESTWOOD SUBDIVISION, WHO HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS APPOINTING <br />GEORGE CHILDERS TO ACT AS AGENT IN THEIR BEHALF. HE STATED THAT THE <br />ORIGINAL REQUEST PLACED BEFORE THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION AS <br />R-2 WAS DONE IN ERROR, AND THE REQUEST ALWAYS WAS MEANT TO BE FOR <br />R -2B. ATTORNEY BLOCK STATED THAT MR, AND MRS. CHILDERS HAVE PUT A <br />LOT OF WORK INTO THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT AND WISH TO KEEP IT IN LINE <br />WITH THE COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE AS WILL BE DEMONSTRATED IN THEIR <br />PRESENTATION. <br />DOROTHY CHILDERS AND GEORGE CHILDERS CAME BEFORE THE BOARD <br />TO MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AND SHOW SLIDES OF THE AREA, MRS. CHILDERS <br />STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE THE PRIMARY LANDHOLDERS IN THE <br />SUBDIVISION AND REPRESENT THEMSELVES AS WELL AS THE OTHER OWNERS, FROM <br />54 <br />