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r SEP 2 4 1980 aoox 44 PAU,608 PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A 5.5 ACRE PARCEL IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF CEMETERY ROAD BETWEEN U.S. #1 AND OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY, AND IS PRESENTLY ZONED C -IA. HE ADDED THAT THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DENY THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING STAFF FELT THERE WAS NO OVERRIDING NEED FOR A CHANGE AT THIS TIME. MR. REVER STATED THAT THEIR STANCE CAN BE SOMEWHAT MODIFIED BY THE FACT THAT IF A NODAL CONCEPT IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE LAND USE PLAN, THIS PROPERTY COULD FALL WITHIN EITHER THE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ZONING. HE COMMENTED THAT THE STAFF DID NOT WANT TO CREATE A STRIP AT THAT LOCATION. MR. REVER FELT IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO RECOMMEND REZONING, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IT DOES SEEM PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE, AND THE PLANNING STAFF HAS NOW TENTATIVELY AGREED TO THIS RECOMMENDATION. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE OF THE LAND, WHICH IS FOR MINI—WAREHOUSES, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THEY ARE COMPATIBLE IN BOTH THE C-1 AND THE LM -1 DISTRICT. ART WILSON, WHO HAS AN OPTION ON THE PROPERTY WITH MR. BRUCE, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND COMMENTED THAT THERE IS A GOOD MARKET FOR MINI—WAREHOUSES IN THIS AREA. HE ADDED THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY SOME OF THE LAND COULD BE USED FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES ALSO, AS THERE ARE ROADS ON THREE SIDES. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT ALLOWING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE EXISTING C—IA DISTRICT TO ALLOW MINI—WAREHOUSES TO BE BUILT. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT WAS THE KIND OF APPROACH HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF FINDING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION IN THE C—IA ZONING TO ALLOW THIS. ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED THE WORDING OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND SUGGESTED IT,READ THAT MINI—WAREHOUSES ARE TO BE ONLY USED COMMERCIALLY. FRED BRIGGS, 811 GAYFEATHER, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND INFORMED THEM THAT THE PROPERTY JUST WEST OF THE RAILROAD IS PROPOSED TO HAVE BUILT SINGLE FAMILY, HIGH INCOME HOMES. HE ADDED THAT A 28