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b. The development of several large or medium siied housing projects with private utility systems often leads to revised utility priorities by a governmental jurisdiction when problems start arising in the provision of water or sewer. c. The carrying capacity of A -1-A will be even more extensively taxed with large scale density increases such as proposed ip this request. 4) The environmental sensitivity of the barrier island and potential storm - surge hazards should be a consideration when dealing with a large parcel rezoning of this nature. 5) Finally, the rezoning of an extremely long narrow strip of beach front land such as this is not felt to be advisable, and will likely place undue pressure on the County to rezone large parcels west of A -1-A in the future. 4 David M4Rver Planning and Zoning Director ATTORNEY OIANFRONE CONFIRMED THAT THIS APPLICATION WAS PUT ON HOLD PENDING PASSAGE OF THE R -2D ORDINANCE. ATTORNEY STEVE HENDERSON CAME BEFORE THE BOARD REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, SERO SHORES ET AL, AND HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT THEY ARE SEEKING A CHANGE TO THE NEWLY CREATED R-21), WHICH ALLOWS MULTI— FAMILY AT 6 UNITS AN ACRE, HE NOTED THAT THE BARRIER ISLAND STUDY INDICATED THE BEACH AREA NORTH OF WABASSO ROAD HAS 1120 ACRES IN AGRICULTURAL USE, 685 ACRES IN PUBLIC LAND, 180 ACRES SINGLE FAMILY, 2 ACRES COMMERCIAL, AND 480 ACRES UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL; THE UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL AREA, THEREFORE, DOES NOT MAKE UP A VERY LARGE PART OF THE TOTAL LAND AREA. HE POINTED OUT THAT IF THE AGRICULTURAL AREA WERE SEPARATED OUT AND LABELED AGRICULTURAL, IT WOULD LEAD TO A REDUCTION OF UNITS PER ACRE FOR THE OVERALL AREA. ATTORNEY HENDERSON CONTINUED THAT THERE IS NO MASTER DEVELOPMENT SCHEME FOR THE OCEANFRONT PROPERTY BEING DISCUSSED TODAY SINCE IT IS -OWNED BY ABOUT TWENTY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ORGANIZED ONLY IN REGARD TO THIS REZONING EFFORT. MOST OF THESE PROPERTY OWNERS ACQUIRED THEIR PROPERTY DURING THE EARLY 70'S WHEN THE 1975 PLAN