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MAY 6-1991 600K PAG E351 A COMPARABLE INCREASE IN PASTURE LAND, CATTLE UNITS AND ROW CROPS. DURING THIS SAME PERIOD, POPULATION HAD A STEADY AND CONTINUED GROWTH, MR. HERZOG COMMENTED ON THE OTHER -MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT IN THIS SAME AREA, VI_LLAGE_GREEN, ETC., AND STATED THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AS_ WELL -AS T-HE_PRESENT ONE, CONTEMPLATES MOBILE HOME DEVELOPMENT .FOR THIS SPECIFIC AREA. IN ADDITION, THEIR PROPOSAL HAS -THE APPROVAL OF THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. ATTORNEY HERZOG POINTED OUT THAT UNDER THE PRESENT ORDINANCE - THIS PROPERTY WOULD SUPPORT A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 1227 UNITS, B_UT THEY HAVE DROPPED BACK 527 UNITS AND COMMIT TO STAY WITH A TOTAL OF 700 UNITS -IF THE REZONING IS GRANTED, HE STRESSED THAT THEIR EFFORTS TO -COOPERATE = I.E., BY DROPPING BACK 527 UNITS, REDUCING THE COMMERCIAL NODE, INSTITUTING EXTENSIVE BUFFER ZONES, PROVIDING A DECELERATION LANE AND POSSIBLY A FIRE STATION SITE - WILL INCREASE THEIR COSTS SIGNIFICANTLY AND WILL ONLY BEAR FRUIT IF THEY STAY IN THE PROJECT FOR THE LONG TERM. ATTORNEY HERZOG BROUGHT UP THE PROBLEMS THAT HAVE ARISEN WITH MOBILE HOME PARKS RE SHORT TERM LEASES, ETC. AND STATED THAT IN AN EFFORT -TO OUTLINE AND DEFINE THESE CONCERNS, THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERATION OF MOBILE HOME OWNERS OF FLORIDA AND HAVE COMMITTED TO SOME TYPE OF LONG TERM LEASE. ATTORNEY HERZOG NEXT CITED A CASE IN THE THIRD DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS 1971 WHERE AGRICULTURAL LAND SEEKING TO BE REZONED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF WAS DENIED; THEY WENT TO APPEAL, AND THE COURT GRANTED THE APPEAL. ATTORNEY HERZOG NOTED THAT THE POWER TO ZONE WAS WEIGHED AGAINST THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO USE HIS PROPERTY, AND HE FELT IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE DEMONSTRATED THAT THE PROJECT ACTUALLY CONSTITUTES A BONAFIDE THREAT TO THE HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. IN CONCLUSION, SIR. HERZOG BROUGHT UP THE BINDING LETTER WHICH STATED THAT THIS IS NOT A DRI AND THAT THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL IMPACTS RESULTING FROM THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN OR UPON THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. QUESTION AROSE AS TO WHETHER THIS PROPERTY CAN BE PROFITABLY KEPT IN AGRICULTURAL USE, AND ATTORNEY HERZOG STATED THAT THERE IS A 60 ACRE GROVE IN PRODUCTION I4 -THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT KNOW ITS AGE, BUT HE FELT_CONSIDERATION MUST BE 50 '