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APR 91980 BouK 43 FA 203 HAVE BEEN OVER ZO CUSTOM HOMES BUILT IN THIS AREA SINCE THE ZONING FOR THE TRAILER PARK WAS TURNED DOWN, AND HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE BOARD WOULD ALLOW THIS AREA TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ITS POTENTIAL. HE COMMENTED THAT WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE, AND HE FELT IT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE CONTRAST WITH THE AREA IF MR. CHILDERS' PROJECT WERE ALLOWED. MR. ALDRICH COMMENTED THAT MR. CHILDERS' PRESENTATION WAS VERY MISLEADING IN REGARD TO THE COMMERCIAL USAGE IN THE AREA, WHICH HE FELT IS VERY LOW KEY AND NOTHING LIKE U.S. 1. NORMAN HENSICK, JR., INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DEVELOPED NEARBY MIRAFLORES SUBDIVISION AND OWNS APPROXIMATELY 30 ACRES OF PROPERTY ADJACENT, WHICH HE BOUGHT FOR R-1 ZONING AND PLANS TO DEVELOP IT. THAT WAY. HE STATED THAT HE WAS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN ZONING AND THE CONGESTION IT WILL BRING BY PUTTING 50 SOME FAMILIES ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY WHERE NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE ONLY 14. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COMMERCIAL ZONING HAS BEEN THERE AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER, AND HE CONCURRED THAT IT IS VERY LOW KEY COMMERCIAL. TOM BAKER WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING TRANSIENT FAMILIES AND UNDESIRABLE PEOPLE AND GAVE AS AN EXAMPLE THE APARTMENTS ON 40TH AVENUE THAT HAVE DILAPIDATED CARS SITTING IN FRONT OF THEM. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED ABOUT DEED RESTRICTIONS AND MR. CHISHOLM FELT THEY ARE LIMITED TO ONE RESIDENCE PER HALF ACRE. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT IF THE ZONING WERE TO BE CHANGED, THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH HE DID NOT FEEL WOULD PRESENT A PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE IS QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, AND HE FELT THAT THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY HAVE A PROBLEM AND ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE OWNERS IN THE AREA HAVE A PROBLEM, AND HE APPRECIATED BOTH SIDES OF THE PICTURE. HE PERSONALLY DID NOT FEEL 60