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HE IS A LOCAL PERSON DOING THIS, RATHER THAN SOMEONE FROM OUT OF <br />TOWN; AND HE IS HIS OWN CLOSEST NEIGHBOR, AND WOULD CERTAINLY NOT <br />DO ANYTHING TO "MESS UP" THE COMMUNITY. MR. BAILEY COMMENTED THAT <br />THIS LAND ADHERES TO THE MASTER FLAN, AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE <br />COUNTY NEEDS A SERVICE AREA, THEREFORE, THE REQUEST FOR REZONING. <br />TED HERZOG, ATTORNEY FOR MR. BAILEY, APPROACHED THE BOARD <br />AND REVIEWED THE KEY ISSUES WHICH ARE TIMING, AND THE BEST USE OF <br />THIS PROPERTY. HE URGED THE BOARD TO CONSIDER MR. BAILEY'S GOOD <br />TRACK RECORD. MR. HERZOG ADVISED THAT RAMONA PARK AND SHADOWBROOK <br />SUBDIVISION ARE SOLD OUT, AND VILLAGE GREEN IS A DENSELY POPULATED <br />AREA, AND THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR TO CONSIDER. HE FELT BY <br />VIRTUE OF THE POPULATION IN PLACE, THERE WAS A NEED FOR COMMERCIAL <br />ZONING IN THE AREA, BUT THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID THE LEADING EDGE <br />TYPE OF ZONING. ATTORNEY HERZOG REPORTED THE MASTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED <br />IN 1976 AND CLEARLY ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL ZONING AS BEING RECOMMENDED <br />FOR MR. BAILEY'S PROPERTY. HE ADDED THAT AS FAR AS THE HEARING BEFORE <br />THE PLANNING & ZONING BOARD, THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING BUT THERE <br />WAS NO UNANIMITY AS TO THE LINEAL DEPTH. ATTORNEY HERZOG ADDED THAT <br />REFERRING TO COMMISSIONER LYONS' COMMENT ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOP- <br />MENT, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS MET EXTENSIVELY WITH THE PLANNING STAFF <br />TO ARRIVE AT THE 1250' FIGURE, AND HAD HIRED -AN ARCHITECT -TO PLAN AN <br />EXTENSIVE GREEN AREA WHICH WOULD HAVE A MODERN SHOPPING CENTER USING <br />THE CONCEPT OF A CLUSTER OF SHOPS. HE THEN GAVE THE BOARD SEVERAL <br />PETITIONS AND REQUESTED THEY BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY ONE PRESENT WHO WISHED <br />TO SPEAK. <br />DAN KILBRIDE, ATTORNEY REPRESENTING A GROUP OF PROPERTY <br />OWNERS WHO RESIDE IN THE VICINITY OF THIS PROPOSED REZONING, APPROACHED <br />THE BOARD. HE THEN PRESENTED SOME PETITIONS TO THE BOARD AND REQUESTED <br />THEY BE MADE A PART OF THE RECORD. ATTORNEY KILBRIDE CONTINUED THAT <br />THE PEOPLE HE REPRESENTS DO NOT BELIEVE OR FEEL THAT THIS SHOULD <br />BE REZONED TO COMMERCIAL - NOT HERE AND NOT NOW. HE REFERRED TO THE <br />FINE SHOPPING CENTER THAT MR. BAILEY PLANS TO DEVELOP, AND HE WAS <br />15 <br />JUN 41990 <br />BOOK 4j `PAGE �� J <br />