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JUN 101991 Fc0K 16 F;M'1664 <br />THE PROPERTY WITH WHICH WE ARE MOST CONCERNED RESTS IN ABOUT THREE <br />GROUPS, AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE OWNED THIS PROPERTY FOR SOME YEARS <br />ZONED AT R-2, THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO SUBMIT SITE PLANS AT FAR LESS THAN <br />THAT; THE HIGHEST BEING PROCESSED BEING ABOUT 7.6 UNITS PER ACRE. <br />HE FELT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HOPEFULLY HAVE GOTTEN CAUGHT UP IN THE <br />SPIRIT OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION IS WORKING VERY HARD TO ACCOMPLISH <br />IN REGARD TO LOWERING THE DENSITIES ON THE BARRIER ISLAND, AND HE <br />WOULD LIKE TO WORK OUT A COMPROMISE WITH THEM TO AVOID POSSIBLE LITI- <br />GATION. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD THEN OFFERED A SUBSTITUTE MORATORIUM IN <br />WHICH THE AREA AFFECTED WOULD BE THE ENTIRE BARRIER IS!LAND,' NOT :LUST THE <br />NORTH BEACH, NOTING THAT THIS BROADENS THE BASE AND WOULD MAKE IT <br />MORE DEFENSIBLE. HE PROPOSED THAT THIS SUBSTITUTE MORATORIUM WOULD <br />AFFECT ANY SITE PLAN PRESENTED FOR REVIEW WHICH EXCEEDED 6 UNITS PER <br />ACRE ANYWHERE ON THE ISLAND AND BELIEVED THAT THE MANY MONTHS OF STUDY <br />BY OUR PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION IN REVIEW OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />HAS DEVELOPED A CERTAIN JUSTIFICATION AND LEGAL BACKGROUND NOT TO <br />EXCEED 6 UNITS PER ACRE IN THE FUTURE ON THE BARRIER ISLAND. THIS <br />MORATORIUM WOULD AFFECT ANY SITE PLANS PRESENTED AFTER THE MORATORIUM <br />WAS ADOPTED; THOSE IN PROCESS WOULD CONTINUE TO BE PROCESSED THROUGH <br />NORMAL CHANNELS, HE NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNED IN THE COUNTY ON <br />THE ISLAND COMPRISES ABOUT 9,556 ACRES, THE THREE PARCELS PRESENTLY <br />BEING REVIEWED COMPRISE ABOUT 213 ACRES; THEY ARE BEING PLANNED AT <br />ABOUT % UNITS AN ACRE, AND ALTHOUGH WE WOULD PREFER 6, HE DID NOT <br />FEEL THE EXTRA UNIT PER ACRE WOULD HAVE THAT MUCH AFFECT, COMMISSIONER <br />BIRD BELIEVED THIS WOULD BE A MORE LOGICAL AND FAIR MORATORIUM AND <br />HOPEFULLY WOULD SERVE TO AVOID LITIGATION. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER BIRD IS SAYING <br />THAT HE WOULD BASICALLY VEST ALL THOSE WHO HAVE AN APPLICATION IN <br />PROCESS; HE WOULD ALLOW CONTINUED SITE PLAN REVIEW ON ALL PROPERTIES <br />THAT ARE PRESENTED AT 6 UNITS AN ACRE OR LESS, AND THE ENTIRE BARRIER <br />ISLAND WOULD BE INCLUDED. <br />COMMISSIONER BIRD CONCURRED. <br />4 <br />