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.JORGE GONZALEZ, PRESIDENT OF THE MOORINGS, POINTED OUT <br />THAT THE ORIGINAL ZONING IN 1968 WAS C -1A, WHICH PERMITTED RESIDENTIAL, <br />AND TODAY THAT DOES NOT EXIST. HE ADDED THAT THE NEED FOR ZONING <br />CAME ABOUT AFTER THE ORDINANCES WERE MADE IN 1971. MR. GONZALEZ <br />REFERRED TO A RECENT SURVEY MADE BY LANDAUER THAT THE MOORINGS AND <br />THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY DOES NOT NEED ANY ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL AREA, <br />AND THE REMAINING BALANCE OF COMMERCIAL WOULD BE MORE THAN AMPLE FOR <br />THE AREA. HE ADDED THAT CLOSE TO 200 ACRES HAVE BEEN GIVEN UP FOR <br />GREEN, OPEN AND RECREATIONAL AREA. MR. GONZALEZ NOTED THAT THEY WANT <br />TO MAINTAIN A GOOD BALANCE OF SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTI -FAMILY RESIDENCES, <br />AND THIS REZONING WOULD ENABLE LOT 55 TO BE COMPATIBLE TO THE SURROUNDING <br />AREA, HE STRESSED THAT THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN THE HIGHEST <br />POSSIBLE QUALITY IN ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPING AND CONSTRUCTION. <br />MR, GONZALEZ CONCLUDED THAT THIS REZONING WILL KEEP A LOW DENSITY <br />WHICH IS EVEN LOWER THAN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. <br />LENGTHY DISCUSSION FOLLOWED. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER COMMENTED THAT THEY HAVE NEVER <br />QUESTIONED THE MOORINGS° DEVELOPMENT SCHEME, THE PLANNING STAFF JUST <br />FELT THAT THE R-213 IS A MULTI -FAMILY CATEGORY AND THEY WOULD RATHER <br />SEE LESS DENSITY ON THE BEACH. HE CONTINUED THAT HE PREFERS HOLDING <br />DOWN DENSITIES RIGHT AT THE BEACH AREAS AND DOING SOMETHING' MORE INTENSE <br />AWAY FROM THE BEACH. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK ASKED THE PLANNING DIRECTOR IF HE <br />FELT CONFIDENT THERE WAS AN ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY <br />AVAILABLE AT THAT LOCATION, AND MR. REVER RESPONDED AFFIRMATIVELY. <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WODTKE, SECONDED BY COM- <br />MISSIONER SCURLOCK, THAT THE BOARD ADOPT ORDINANCE 81-8 REZONING <br />PROPERTY FROM C -IA RESTRICTED COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO R -2C MULTIPLE <br />FAMILY DISTRICT, AS REQUESTED BY THE MOORINGS. <br />THE CHAIRMAN CALLED FOR THE QUESTION. IT WAS VOTED ON AND <br />CARRIED 4 TO 1, COMMISSIONER FLETCHER VOTING IN OPPOSITION. <br />F E B 25 1981 <br />w <br />soon 45 <br />I <br />