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AUG 131980 <br />B-ooK 44 FA E235 <br />tf • <br />CLOSETS AND BATHROOMS, AS OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSAL FOR 2•QQ SQ-., FT. <br />HE ADDED THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PRESENT REQUIREMENTS BE KEPT <br />AS THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THERE HAS BEEN NO POSITIVE DEMONSTRATION <br />FOR THE NEED FOR UNITS OF THIS TYPE, EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD BE <br />RESTRICTED TO CERTAIN AREAS AROUND I-95. THE PLANNER COMMENTED THAT <br />THIS ACTION MIGHT ENCOURAGE OTHER TYPES OF UNITS WITH SMALLER <br />DIMENSIONS TO BE PLACED IN THAT AREA, AND HIS STAFF DID NOT FEEL, AT <br />THIS TIME, THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST OR MOST REASONABLE USE OF THE <br />LAND. HE FELT THERE IS A NEED FOR AN IN-DEPTH STUDY TO DETERMINE IF <br />WE NEED TO SERVE THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. THE PLANNER THEN RECOMMENDED <br />THAT THIS PARTICULAR ORDINANCE NOT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE REQUIRE- <br />MENTS BE KEPT AS THEY ARE NOW. <br />ATTORNEY O'HAIRE APPROACHED THE BOARD AND STATED THAT HE <br />HAS MADE THE APPLICATION ON BEHALF OF A CLIENT OF HIS. HE THOUGHT <br />THE PLANNING STAFF'S FEELING BOILED DOWN TO AN ASSESSMENT ON THEIR <br />PART AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A NEED DEMONSTRATED, HE INDICATED <br />THAT SOME PROOF OF A NEED IS THAT HIS CLIENT IS PAYING A FAIR AMOUNT <br />OF MONEY - THEY ARE A NATIONWIDE CHAIN OF MOTELS AND HAVE DEVOTED THE <br />EFFORT OF THEIR STAFF TO FIX ON THIS AREA, AS A LOCATION, AND HAVE <br />IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC TO HAVE A LOWER PRICE <br />OF ACCOMMODATION. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COST OF ACCOMMODATIONS IS <br />STRICTLY A FUNCTION OF CONSTRUCTION COST IN TERMS OF RETURN ON INVEST- <br />MENT AND THE COST PASSED ONTO THE TRAVELER. ATTORNEY O'HAIRE NOTED <br />THAT PRESENTLY THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS 300 SQ. FT. FOR A MOTEL <br />ROOM. HE ADDED THAT HE REPRESENTS THE OWNERS OF SOME 200 MOTEL UNITS <br />ON THE BEACH AND RECENTLY HAD OCCASION TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION OF <br />ROOMS AT THE DRIFTWOOD HOTEL ON THE BEACH INTO ESSENTIALLY SUITES OF <br />300 SQ. FT. -ATTORNEY O'HAIRE NOTED THAT 300 SQ. FT. IS APPROPRIATE <br />FOR A FAMILY WHO IS MAKING SOMETHING MORE THAN AN OVERNIGHT STAY - IT <br />IS A ROOM LARGE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN FOR A WEEK. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />IN THE VICINITY OF I-95, YOU HAVE OVERNIGHT TRAFFIC - PEOPLE ARE NOT <br />GOING TO SPEND A WEEK OR TWO AT I-95; THEREFORE, THERE IS NO NEED <br />TO HAVE ROOMS OF 300 SQ. FT. AT THIS LOCATION. <br />ATTORNEY O'HAIRE DID <br />