Laserfiche WebLink
MAY 61981. o '46 �� �F3 <br />ao <br />CHA.I RMAN--LYONS POINTED OUT THAT .WE ARE NOT HERE -TODAY TO <br />APPROVE THE CONSUMPTIVE -USE PERMIT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.- <br />COMMI.SSIONER FLETCHER DID NOT SEE HOW WE CAN -GRANT <br />PERMISSION FOR THE REQUESTED USE WITH -MANY QUESTIONS NOT FULLY <br />ANSWERED ABOUT THE ABILITY -OF THE NATURAL.RESOURCES TO. PROVIDE <br />WHAT IS REQUIRED, AND HE -CONTINUED -TO QUESTION THE ENGINEER <br />ABOUT WASTE WATER FROM THE REVERSE OSMOSIS, THE SIZE OF THE PLANT, <br />WHETHER THE PERCOLATION PONDS WILL BE ADEQUATE, THE AFFECT ON <br />SURROUNDING WELLS, ETC-. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF NOTED THAT ONCE THEY GET INTO THE <br />PERMITTING STAGE, THE SIZE OF THE PLANT AND OTHER FACTORS MAY VERY <br />WELL HAVE TO CHANGE, BUT AT -THIS STAGE THE PROJECT -PLANS MUST BE. <br />KEPT CONCEPTUAL. <br />CHAIRMAN LYONS AGAIN EMPHASIZED THAT THE ONLY QUESTION <br />BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY IS WHETHER WE WANT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY <br />REZONED TO R-1MP, HE DID NOT DOUBT THE GENTLEMEN HAVE IN MIND <br />TO DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY PROPOSE, BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT -IF WE <br />DO REZONE R-1MP, WE GIVE THEM A -BLANK CHECK FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER <br />OF UNITS, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY GREATER THAN THEY ARE PROPOSING, <br />AND THEY COULD GO OUT AND SELL THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY AFTER <br />RECEIVING THAT ZONING. <br />ATTORNEY HERZOG RESPONDED THAT IT WAS VERY UNLIKELY THE <br />APPLICANT WOULD GO OUT AND INCREASE THE DENSITY IN A CAVALIER <br />FASHION BECAUSE IF THEY DID CHANGE THINGS MATERIALLY, THEY WOULD <br />HAVE TO OBTAIN ANOTHER BINDING LETTER, <br />THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />RUTH STANBRIDGE, 4835 66TH AVENUE, APPEARED TO OPPOSE THE <br />REQUESTED REZONING. SHE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE GENERAL SOIL <br />MAP OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PREPARED BY THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE <br />RATES THE SOIL ON THE SEXTON GROVE PROPERTY AS "SEVERE" FOR DWELLINGS <br />AND DRAINAGE, BUT "MODERATE" TO "HIGH" FOR CITRUS, TRUCK CROPS AND <br />PASTURE. MRS. STANBRIDGE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE PRESENTLY IS 60 <br />ACRES OF WHAT SHE WOULD TERM PRIME CITRUS IN PRODUCTION ON THIS <br />PROPERTY,PLUS lO ACRES OF TRUCK CROPS AND 75 ACRES SCRUB LAND OR <br />UNIMPROVED PASTURE. THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES <br />THESE ACRES AS AGRICULTURAL, AND SHE DID NOT FEEL IT IS NECESSARY <br />TO REZONE THIS PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND WHEN JUST TO THE WEST VILLAGE <br />