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NOT THINK IT WAS AN APPROPRIATE PLANNING FUNCTION TO MAKE A BUSINESS <br />DECISION OF WHETHER OR NOT AN INVESTMENT SHOULD BE MADE, HE ADDED <br />THAT HIS CLIENTS HAVE NEVER RUN INTO A MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE REQUIRE- <br />MENT THIS LARGE, BUT FELT THE ORDINANCE WAS DRAFTED HAVING IN MIND <br />DESTINATION -TYPE TRAVELERS, ATTORNEY O'HAIRE DID NOT THINK THAT THERE <br />WAS ANY OBJECTION FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO A SMALLER PERMITTED <br />MOTEL ROOM WITHIN 1200' OF AN I-95 INTERCHANGE, AS THEIR ONLY COMMENTS <br />HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF NEED, AND AS HE MENTIONED BEFORE, HIS CLIENT <br />HAS SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME AND EFFORT IDENTIFYING THE NEED, NOT ONLY <br />IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, BUT AT SOME 150 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE <br />COUNTRY, HE CONTINUED THAT THEY HAVE MADE A VALID BUSINESS DECISION <br />IN DETERMINING INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,AT THE INTERCHANGE AT ROAD 60, <br />COULD PROVIDE FOR THE TRAVELER A SMALLER TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION AT <br />LESS COST, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE VIEWED THIS:.PUBLIC HEARING <br />AS HAVING TWO PURPOSES - ONE IS A REQUEST BY MR. O'HAIRE, AND THE <br />OTHER IS TO SATISFY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A VOID IN THE C -IA PORTION OF <br />OUR ZONING CODE WHERE THE PERMITTED USE OF MOTELS DOES NOT HAVE <br />SPECIFIC MINIMUM ROOM SIZES OUTLINED, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REITERATED THAT TWO ACTIONS ARE NECESSARY: <br />TO APPROVE OR DENY MR. O'HAIRE'S REQUEST, AND INCLUDE THE MIMIMUM <br />SQUARE FOOTAGE IN THE C -IA ZONE. <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY ONE PRESENT WHO WISHED <br />TO BE HEARD. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, SIS 26TH AVENUE, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND <br />STATED THAT AS HE UNDERSTOOD IT, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE PROPOSED <br />ORDINANCE CHANGE IS BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CHEAPER ACCOMMODATIONS WITH <br />A SMALLER ROOM SIZE. HE DID NOT THINK THE RATES HAVE ANYTHING TO DO <br />WITH THE MATTER AS THERE IS NO ASSURANCE OF IT. MR. KOOLAGE COMMENTED <br />THAT AS A TRAVELER, ONE OF THE THINGS HE LIKED WAS TO HAVE ADEQUATE <br />ROOM SIZE; THEREFORE, HE DID NOT SEE A NEED FOR THE COUNTY TO REDUCE THE <br />SQUARE FOOTAGE SIZE. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />AUG 131980 21 BOOK <br />44 PACE, �U <br />