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APR 151981 <br />.-&;; . . <br />WAS IN EFFECT SHOWING MEDIUM DENSITY IN THIS AREA OF 4 - 12 UNITS PER <br />ACRE. HE POINTED OUT THAT R-1 ZONING ALLOWS 6.2 UNITS AND THUS THEY <br />ARE NOT SEEKING A CHANGE IN DENSITY, BUT A CHANGE IN USE. ATTORNEY <br />HENDERSON FELT THAT MULTI -FAMILY DEVELOPMENT -OF THIS PROPERTY IS THE <br />HIGHEST, BEST AND MOST EFFICIENT USE FOR THIS PROPERTY AND NOTED THAT <br />THIS APPLICATION CAME ABOUT TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT OF A CENTRAL <br />WATER SYSTEM, IF IT WERE DEVELOPED SINGLE FAMILY, IT IS HIGHLY <br />UNLIKELY Tk OWNERS WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A <br />CENTRAL WATER SYSTEM. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON THEN DISCUSSED THE WATER SYSTEM AND THE <br />AQUIFER, NOTING THAT AGRICULTURAL USES PUT A MUCH GREATER BURDEN <br />ON THE AQUIFER. AS TO SEWER, THE DEVELOPER HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO GO <br />IN ON AN INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE PLANT, WHICH WITH PROPER MANAGEMENT AND <br />PROPER CONTROLS CAN BE OPERATED PROPERLY. ATTORNEY HENDERSON DID <br />NOT BELIEVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY WILL CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT <br />IMPACT ON THE TRAFFIC SITUATION. HE EMPHASIZED THAT WHAT THEY ARE <br />PROPOSING IS NOT AN INCREASE IN DENSITIES, BUT SIMPLY A CHANGE OF <br />USE. THEY ARE SEEKING A MULTI -FAMILY CLASSIFICATION AT LESS THAN <br />THE EXISTING DENSITIES, WHICH HE FELT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING <br />PLAN AND THE PROPOSED PLAN. ATTORNEY HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT THE <br />CIVIC ASSOCIATION IN ITS OWN MASTER PLAN RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS <br />REASON FOR TREATING OCEANFRONT PROPERTY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY IN <br />TERMS OF HIGHER DENSITY. <br />KING HEALEY, PLANNING CONSULTANT, NEXT APPEARED ON BEHALF <br />OF THE APPLICANT. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE NEW ZONING FOR MULTI -FAMILY <br />AT 6 UNITS PER ACRE WILL ALLOW CLUSTER HOUSING, WHICH IS KINDER TO <br />THE LAND AND ALLOWS YOU TO MAXIMIZE THE VIEW BY PROVIDING MORE OPEN <br />SPACE. MR. HEALEY NOTED THAT UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & <br />URBAN DEVELOPMENT LAND USE INTENSITY FORMULA, THE BASIC PREMISE IS <br />THAT PROPERTY BORDERING ON PERPETUAL OPEN SPACE, SUCH AS A PARK OR <br />THE OCEAN SHOULD IN GOOD COMMUNITY PLANNING BE ALLOCATED FOR <br />HIGHER DENSITIES. <br />HE THEN REVIEWED THE TRAFFIC PORTION OF THE <br />