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FIGURED AT 3.7 WHILE WHERE APARTMENTS ARE CONCERNED, IT IS FIGURED <br />AT 1,8. HE POINTED OUT THAT WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS 14 LOTS WHERE <br />THEY ARE ASKING FOR FOUR UNITS PER LOT OR 5.6 UNITS PER GROSS AREA, <br />WHICH IS NO LARGER THAN IS EXISTING IN A SINGLE FAMILY AREA IN THE <br />OLD SUBDIVISIONS NEARBY. HE CONTINUED THAT THE R -2B UNITS REFERRED <br />TO AS BEING 1,000 SQ. FT. EXCEED THE MINIMUM STANDARD REQUIRED BY <br />THE COUNTY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, WHICH Is 750' SO WE ARE <br />TALKING ABOUT BUILDING AN APARTMENT LARGER THAN MANY HOMES IN THE <br />COUNTY TODAY, MR. SCENT STATED THAT HE WANTS TO SEE THIS COUNTY <br />RETAIN ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER, BUT FELT WE MUST REALIZE THE INCREASE <br />IN COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND INTEREST RATES IS GOING TO PRECLUDE THE <br />POSSIBILITY THAT MANY FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO BUY DECENT HOMES IN <br />DECENT AREAS AND THEY WILL HAVE TO RELY ON BUILDERS TO COME UP WITH <br />REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES, HE AGREED WITH THE PLANNING STAFF THAT <br />THE R -2B IS A LOGICAL TRANSITION, AND FELT JUST BECAUSE IT WASN'T <br />DONE YESTERDAY, DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T DO IT TODAY. <br />PHILLIP RODDENBERRY, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY, <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS SEEN REBEL ROAD COMPLETELY FLOODED, <br />AND BACK IN 1947, IT WAS NOTHING BUT ABOUT A NINE ACRE POND. HE <br />CONTINUED TO DISCUSS FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA AND FELT THEY <br />WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR. HE NOTED THAT AT ONE TIME THEY WANTED TO <br />EXPAND THE TRAILER PARK, AND HE OPPOSED IT. MR. RODDENBERRY STATED <br />THAT HE WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MORE CULVERTS UNDER THE ROAD AND <br />BACKING UP THE FLOW THAN PEOPLE MOVING OUT THERE. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT REBEL ROAD IS 3' HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL EARTH, AND IF WE <br />MOVE 55 FAMILIES OUT THERE AND THEN HAVE A FLOOD SUCH AS WE HAD LAST <br />YEAR, IT WILL STOP UP THEIR SEPTIC TANKS. MR. RODDENBERRY NOTED <br />THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. <br />WILLIAM HOWARD SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING. <br />TOM ALDRICH OF REBEL ROAD COMMENTED THAT THE COMMISSION <br />DID NOT ALLOW THE TRAILER PARK TO EXPAND EIGHT YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT <br />WAS AGREED THAT THIS AREA HAD GREAT POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO SOME- <br />THING THE COUNTY WOULD BE PROUD OF. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THERE <br />59 <br />'600K 43 Pace X02 <br />