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OCT .15 1980 Boos 44 . 917 <br />DENSITIES OF 6 UNITS PER ACRE ON THE BEACH, BUT DENSITIES ARE <br />40-50-60 UNITS PER ACRE IN FT. LAUDERDALE, AND A PROJECT LIKE THIS <br />COULD HAVE 1200 UNITS ON IT. HE FELT A SINGLE-FAMILY DISTRICT COULD <br />BE MORE DETRIMENTAL THAN A MULTI -FAMILY DISTRICT. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON THEN ADVISED THE BOARD THAT THE SCHAUBS <br />ARE FROM ESCAMBIA COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE NO COUNTY ZONING CODES; THEY <br />HAVE DEVELOPED OUTSTANDING PROJECTS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT BEING <br />RESTRICTED WITH ZONING REGULATIONS. HE ADDED THAT IT IS NOT THE <br />INTENT OF THE DEVELOPERS TO DO DAMAGE AND BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE AREA <br />AND THEN LEAVE. ATTORNEY HENDERSON STATED THEY ARE SERIOUS DEVELOPERS, <br />ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED, AND ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO WAIT FOR A <br />MASTER PLAN TO BE COMPLETED. <br />THE CHAIRMAN THEN ASKED IF THERE WAS ANYONE PRESENT WHO <br />WISHED TO BE HEARD. HE REQUESTED THAT SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS OR <br />ORGANIZATIONS BE HEARD FIRST, THEN INDIVIDUALS. <br />JOHN ACOR, PRESIDENT OF THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION OF INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY, COMMENTED THAT HE REPRESENTED OVER 1,000 MEMBERS AND <br />WANTED TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST NOW BEFORE THE BOARD. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE THERE IS <br />NO SOUND PROOF OR EVIDENCE THAT THERE IS A HARDSHIP ON THE PART OF THE <br />OWNERS TO WARRANT A SPECIAL REZONING OF THIS MAGNITUDE. MR. ACOR <br />STATED THAT THE OWNERS KNEW WHAT THE ZONING WAS WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE <br />PROPERTY AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR A CHANGE - IT IS JUST TO FURTHER <br />THEIR PROFITS. HE ADDED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO INCREASE IN DENSITY <br />ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY UNTIL THE MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, <br />MR. ACOR FELT IT WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO ADOPTION AND ANY AFFIRMATIVE <br />ACTION NOW WOULD SET A PRECEDENT THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO LIVE <br />WITH IN THE FUTURE. HE COMMENTED THAT THE COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING <br />COMMISSION HAD DENIED THIS APPLICATION. HE ADVISED THAT HE HAD BEEN <br />ON THE VERO BEACH PARKS, PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION FOR OVER FIVE YEARS AND <br />UNDERSTOOD THE AMOUNT OF TIME, HA0 WORK AND EFFORT THAT GOES INTO PREPARING THE <br />LAND USE PLAN. MR, ACOR THEN URGED THE BOARD TO PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PLANNING <br />DEPARTMENT - THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING - ANY CHANGE NOW MIGHT <br />