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NORTH HAVE EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN WORKING IN CONJUNCTION TO THE <br />APPLICANT NOW REQUESTING REZONING TO BRING ABOUT A MORE UNIFIED <br />DEVELOPMENT. A PARCEL BOUNDED ON THE EAST BY RIVERA ESTATES IS OWNED <br />BY .JOHN MAGUIRE, AND HE INDICATED AT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION <br />HEARING THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT <br />AND WOULD PROPOSE THAT HIS PROPERTY BE REZONED TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH <br />THE PROPOSED ZONING NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. MR. REVER FURTHER NOTED <br />THAT THERE SEEMS TO BE A CONFLICT ON THE EXISTING LAND USE MAP <br />BETWEEN THE LAND USE INDICATED FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE SO-CALLED <br />PRIMARY CITRUS DISTRICT. THE STAFF'S FEELING IS THAT ONE OF THESE <br />MUST TAKE PRECEDENCE, AND THE LAND USES INDICATED ON THE MAP DO <br />COINCIDE WITH THE PROPOSAL NOW BEFORE THE BOARD. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED IF THE PROPOSED REZONING IS EAST <br />OR WEST OF THE SO-CALLED CITRUS LINE, AND MR. REVER STATED THAT <br />KING'S HIGHWAY IS THE DIVIDER, AND ITIS WEST OF THAT. <br />MARVIN CARTER, OF CARTER ASSOCIATES, CAME BEFORE THE BOARD <br />REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, ELIONNE MALKER. HE NOTED THAT WHEN THEY <br />INITIATED THIS REZONING REQUEST, THEY HAD FELT IT WAS IN FULL AGREE- <br />MENT WITH THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, AND APPARENTLY <br />IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE USE BEING PROPOSED, ALTHOUGH IT DOES <br />CONFLICT WITH THE OVERLAY OF THE PRIMARY CITRUS ZONE. HE CONTINUED <br />THAT HIS CLIENT HAS AGREED TO LOWER THE REQUESTED REZONING FOR THE <br />SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THE PROPERTY TO THE MORE RESTRICTIVE R -2B ZONING <br />TO FACILITATE A BETTER TRANSITION. MR. CARTER EXPLAINED THAT THE <br />LIMITS OF THE R-1 ZONE WERE DETERMINED BY A TENTATIVE LAYOUT OF 50 <br />HALF ACRE LOTS, WHICH WOULD BE THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT <br />OF THE PROPERTY. HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS ZONING IS IN TOTAL <br />4 <br />CONFORMITY WITH THE EXISTING USE TO THE NORTH AND COMMENTED THAT <br />ALTHOUGH THE SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY HAS RAISED SOME OBJECTIONS, IT <br />IS A TOTAL OWNERSHIP AND WAS SO DIVIDED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE WALKER <br />ESTATE SOMETIME AGO. MR. CARTER CONFIRMED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN <br />FAVORABLE INDICATIONS FROM ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNERS IN REGARD TO <br />INITIATING SIMILAR REZONINGS AND INTEGRATING WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOP— <br />MENT. HE SUBMITTED A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE CHAIRMAN FROM .JOHN <br />'' MAGUIRE, ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, SUPPORTING THE REQUESTED REZONING, <br />WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS: <br />79 <br />fs01( 4 PACE +�t)l <br />