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NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SENT TO WILLIAM H. <br />GLENN BY THE CLERK OF CIRCUIT COURT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA <br />STATUTE 125.66, AND COPY OF SAME IS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE <br />CLERK. <br />SENIOR PLANNER DAVID MARSH INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE <br />SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 100 ACRES LOCATED BETWEEN <br />BARBER AVENUE AND CHERRY LANE, EAST OF LATERAL A. THE APPLICANT <br />WISHES TO REZONE IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THE <br />LAND IS PRESENTLY ZONED AGRICULTURAL AND IS CURRENTLY PREDOMINANTLY <br />GROVES. THE SURROUNDING AREA TO THE WEST IS AGRICULTURAL AND TO THE <br />EAST R-1 SINGLE FAMILY. TO THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST THERE ARE <br />SCATTERED RESIDENCES AND TO THE EAST, GRAZING LAND. THE COMPREHENSIVE <br />LAND USE PLAN SHOWS THE PARCEL TO BE LOCATED JUST OUTSIDE THE LOW <br />DENSITY CLASSIFICATION AND JUST INSIDE THE CITRUS AREA. MR. MARSH <br />REPORTED THAT HE DID DO A FIELD INSPECTION AND WOULD ESTIMATE THERE <br />ARE POSSIBLY TEN HOMES IN A HALF MILE RADIUS OF THIS PROPERTY AND <br />ABOUT 50 HOMES WITHIN A MILE. THERE ARE FOUR SUBDIVISIONS APPROXI- <br />MATELY A HALF MILE AWAY. MR. MARSH COMMENTED THAT THE WALKER PROPERTY, <br />WHICH WAS JUST REZONED, WAS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KING'S <br />HIGHWAY AND ROUTE 60, AND HAD A DUAL SITUATION, BEING IN THE PRIMARY <br />CITRUS AREA AND ALSO HAVING A LAND USE CLASSIFICATION. THE GLENN <br />PROPERTY, HOWEVER, IS A CLEAR CUT PARCEL, WHICH LIES WITHIN THE <br />PRIMARY CITRUS ZONE AND HAS NO OTHER LAND USE CLASSIFICATION. HE <br />NOTED THAT THE PLANNING STAFF ARE NOT AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS, BUT IN <br />THEIR OPINION, IT IS A PRODUCTIVE GROVE. MR. MARSH STATED THAT THE <br />PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSIONERS DENIED THE REZONING REQUEST BY A <br />3 TO 2 VOTE. <br />ATTORNEY B. T. 000KSEY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD"REPRESENTING <br />MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM GLENN, WHO WISH TO REZONE THEIR PROPERTY FROM <br />AGRICULTURAL TO R-1AA, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST COUNTY RESIDENTIAL ZONING <br />EXCEPT FOR R-lE. MR. COOKSEY HANDED OUT VARIOUS MAPS AND AN AERIAL <br />PHOTOGRAPH. HE CONTINUED THAT THE PLANNING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION <br />93 <br />APR 2 31990 3 PAGE3 <br />�c�oK 4 <br />47 <br />, <br />