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rl Mr,E 76 <br />SEP 211981 <br />THE NEXT AREA TO BE TAKEN UP WAS PROPERTY IN THE AREA OF <br />LINDSEY ROAD AND SOUTH OF THE NORTH RELIEF CANAL WHERE THE ZONING <br />LINE WAS MOVED DOWN FROM THE CANAL TO LINDSEY ROAD WITH THE RESULT THAT <br />THE MD -1 BETWEEN THE FORTH RELIEF CANAL AND LINDSEY ROAD BECAME <br />LD -1, <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER EXPLAINED THAT THE PARCEL BETWEEN <br />LINDSEY ROAD AND THE NORTH RELIEF CANAL ORIGINALLY WAS MD -1. THERE <br />WAS INPUT AT SOME MEETING ABOUT THIS BEING DRAWN BACK BECAUSE OF THE <br />DENSITIES AND THE NATURE OF THE LAND, THE PLANNING DIRECTOR BELIEVED <br />THERE MIGHT BE A REASON TO ALLOW MORE OF THE AREA TO HAVE A HIGHER <br />DENSITY SINCE THERE MAY BE SENSITIVE PARTS OF THIS AREA WE DO NOT <br />WANT TO DEVELOP, BUT IT COULD BE USED TO AFFORD HOUSING FOR PEOPLE <br />CLOSE TO THE HOSPITAL, PLANNINGS FEELING WAS THAT THE CANAL PROVIDES <br />A VERY PERMANENT AND DEFINITE DIVISION WHEREAS THE EXTENSION OF THE <br />LINE FROM THE ROAD WAS MORE VAGUE, <br />QUESTION AROSE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LAND AND <br />ALSO AS TO THE NUMBER OF ACRES THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN EXPANDING <br />THIS ACREAGE TO THE NORTH TO MD -1. ATTORNEY JACKSON FELT IT WOULD <br />INVOLVE ABOUT FIVE TRACTS OR APPROXIMATELY 640 ACRES. HE NOTED HIS <br />CLIENT'S 57 ACRES HAS BEEN ZONED TO BE DEVELOPED AS A YACHT BASIN <br />FOR A LONG TIME AND THE WHOLE AREA SHOULD BE CONSISTENT, IT WAS 15 <br />UNITS PER ACRE BEFORE, AND THERE IS MXD SURROUNDING IT. <br />DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO HOW THE CHANGED BOUNDARIES WERE <br />DECIDED UPON, AND CAROLYN EGGERT, CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING & ZONING <br />COMMISSION, STATED THAT THEY CONSULTED THE FLOOD MAPS, AND THIS WAS <br />NOT AN ARBITRARY DECISION, <br />ATTORNEY BYRON COOKSEY SPOKE REPRESENTING THE LUTHERS WHO <br />HAVE OWNED APPROXIMATELY 90 ACRES IN THIS AREA FOR OVER 50 YEARS, <br />THEY FEEL THERE IS NO TOPOGRAPHICAL DIFFERENCE IN THIS AREA. HE <br />NOTED THAT WHEN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SET UP THE PROPOSED LAND USE <br />PLAN, IT WAS ADVERTISED FOR MD -1 TO THE NORTH RELIEF CANAL, WHICH IS <br />THE NATURAL BARRIER; THEN A COMPROMISE WAS MADE AND THE LINE WAS <br />PUSHED DOWN FROM THE NATURAL BARRIER, TO LINDSEY ROAD, ATTORNEY <br />JACKSON'S CLIENTS ARE DEVELOPING THE SO-CALLED MARINA PROPERTY. <br />ATTORNEY .JOHNSTON'S CLIENT, MR. HATALA WAS PLANNING A DEVELOPMENT <br />Im ORIG FINAL ZONING OF 15 OW PER ACRE; IT DROPPED ftiTO 8 <br />_14_ <br />