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p E C 311980 OF MOVING CLOSER TO A ZERO LOT LINE APPROACH WHICH WOULD ALLOW MORE DISTANCE IN THE BACK OF THE BUILDINGS. HE STRESSED THAT THE BUFFER ZONE IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS PROPOSED MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS SET IN THE MIDDLE OF R-1 ZONING. HE THEN"WENT ON TO ADDRESS THE RESIDENTS CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE HEALTH PROBLEMS BEING CAUSED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE TO FOUR UNITS ON EACH HALF ACRE, OR A POSSIBLE 112 UNITS. HE NOTED THAT MANY RESIDENTS OF COLONIAL TERRACE HAVE THEIR OWN WELLS AND EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE AT THE TOP OF A SAND CREST, THEIR AREA IS VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HARDPAN AND THEY ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE MOVEMENT OF THE EFFLUENT THAT WILL BE GENERATED. HE STATED THEY ARE AWARE THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS COME UP AT THE TIME OF SITE PLAN APPROVAL, BUT NOTED THAT THEY ARE NOT ALWAYS AWARE WHEN THIS COMES UP, AND IN ADDITION, THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE HERE 28 TIMES AS EACH UNIT CAME UP, MR. COLLINS URGED THAT THE COUNTY ACT IN COMPLIANCE WITH ITS ORDINANCE 80-13 WHICH WOULD LIMIT THE DEVELOPMENT TO TWO UNITS PER 1/2 ACRE. CHAIRMAN LYONS ANNOUNCED THAT HE HAS A FAMILY HEALTH PROBLEM WHICH REQUIRES THAT HE LEAVE AT THIS TIME AND STATED HE COULD ASK COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK TO TAKE OVER THE MEETING, OR IF IT WERE AGREE- ABLE TO THOSE PRESENT, THE MATTER COULD BE RECESSED AND TAKEN UP AGAIN THI'S AFTERNOON. 'MR. COLLINS ASKED IF IT WOULD BE OUT OF ORDER TO REQUEST THAT THE BOARD RECESS THIS MATTER UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF JANUARY TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS OF COLONIAL TERRACE TO DO SOME MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY AND POSSIBLY RETAIN COUNSEL. CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED -THAT HE WAS NOT IN THE POSITION TO MAKE SUCH A MOTION, BUT NOTED THAT HE PERSONALLY WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT BECAUSE HE BELIEVED THERE HAS BEEN ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION, AND ALSO WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE APPLICANT HAS MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRESENT LAW AND IT IS NOT FAIR TO HOLD HIM IN LIMBO UNTIL WE CHANGE THE LAW. TO DO. HE ASKED THE BOARD WHAT THEY WISHED ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FLETCHER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, CHAIRMAN LYONS VOTED IN OPPOSITION, THE BOARD AGREED TO RECESS 18"