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APR 91980 Box 43 PAR.201 <br />MR. CHISHOLM EMPHASIZED THAT WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IS THE <br />COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE, AND IF, INSTEAD OF TWO FAMILIES PER ACRE, YOU <br />HAVE 56 FAMILIES ON TEN ACRES, HE DID NOT BELIEVE THIS IS A COUNTRY <br />ATMOSPHERE. MR. CHISHOLM WENT ON TO EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE <br />EFFECT 56 FAMILIES WOULD HAVE ON THE AREAS WATER SITUATION. HE <br />FURTHER STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THAT MR. CHILDERS HAD MADE <br />MUCH OF AN EFFORT TO LANDSCAPE HIS PROPERTY AND NOTED THAT NO BUFFER <br />HAS BEEN BUILT TO ISOLATE THIS PROPERTY FROM THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. <br />MR. CHISHOLM COMMENTED WITH REFERENCE TO SKATETOWN, NOISE SEEMS TO <br />BE THE BIG FACTOR, BUT HE DID NOT FEEL THERE IS A NOISE PROBLEM <br />EXCEPT WHEN THEY OPEN THE DOORS, AND THE DOORS ARE NOT LEFT OPEN <br />WHEN THEY ARE IN OPERATION. HE STATED THAT THE PICTURES SHOWN BY <br />MR. CHILDERS SHOWING HOMES IN CLOSE RELATION TO APARTMENTS ARE NOT <br />COMPARABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE ALL IN A DOWNTOWN AREA, NOT A COUNTRY <br />AREA. HE FURTHER EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THIS TYPE OF ZONING WOULD <br />SPREAD AND POINTED OUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THIS <br />WOULD BE ONE PROJECT CARRIED OUT BY MR. CHILDERS, BUT THEY WERE JUST <br />ASTOUNDED TO LEARN THAT ANOTHER PROPERTY OWNER IN THE WESTWOOD <br />SUBDIVISION INTENDS TO DO A SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT ON HI.S LOTS. APPAR- <br />ENTLY EVERYONE IN THE SUBDIVISION WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO WHAT HE <br />WANTS UNDER THE PROPOSED REZONING, AND THIS WILL NOT ALL BE DEVELOPED <br />AS ONE PROJECT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THE BOARD IS CONCERNED <br />ONLY WITH THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THE BUILDING <br />OF THE PROJECTS IS NOT UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY. <br />RAY SCENT, REALTOR, STATED THAT HE HAS NO DIRECT INTEREST <br />IN WESTWOOD SUBDIVISION, BUT HE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT AND HE <br />DID ATTEND THE LAST HEARING. HE CONTINUED THAT REFERENCE IS MADE TO <br />DENSITY AS LOW, MEDIUM AND HIGH AND ASKED IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT <br />POPULATION DENSITY OR UNIT DENSITY. MR. SCENT NOTED THAT IN THE AREA <br />TO THE NORTH - VERO BEACH HOMESITES, EMERSON VILLAGE, ETC., THEY HAVE <br />SMALL LOTS AND SEVEN TO EIGHT UNITS PER ACRE. HE STATED THAT THE <br />AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT IS <br />