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Richard Coker, 1404 South Andrews Avenue, Ft. Lauderdale 33301, representing the applicant, advised he was co-counsel with attorney Bruce Barkett concerning this matter. To respond to Vice Chairman Neuberger as to why the Board could not rezone the property RM-4, Mr. Coker explained that RM-6 zoning makes the development of the properties reasonable and amenable to the type of development proposed because of the allowed lots sizes and other development criteria, such as front and side setbacks both of which change dramatically between RM-6 and RM-4 zoning. Director Keating added that the Comp Plan and LDRs specify which zoning districts are allowed in certain land use designations and RM-4 is not allowed in M-1. Commissioner Lowther believed that if the Board did not rezone the property to RM-6 that the County would face a law suit which he thought would be a downhill battle. There was a short discussion to clarify points concerning the net number of units (4 or 4.5 units/acre if a PD) and the relationship to the urban service area boundary. The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard with regard to this matter. John T. Williams , 1535 Smuggler’s Cove, claimed this development was not meeting concurrency (prior to the roads being developed) and considered this to be premature to the visioning process. After the visioning process, he hoped there would be no RM-8s left in the county. He suggested a “road-bank” process be put in place whereby the County would determine the roads needed ahead of development; the roads would be built ahead of the development (to be determined by a traffic analysis based on anticipated development) and the developers would pay for the roads. Director Keating stated that traffic studies have been done for these projects. Generally staff looks out a certain number of years when we are planning on building roads and we do not build excess capacity if it is not going to be needed for a significant period of time. If staff sees that a 4-lane road will be needed in the reasonable future, then they will work on it. In August 10, 2004 19