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UNDER THE DESIGNATION ORIGINALLY ADVERTISED; AND THEN TALKING <br />COMPROMISE, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PUSHED IT DOWN TO <br />LD -1 AT 3 UNITS PER ACRE. THE LUTHERS FEEL FOR ULTIMATE USE, <br />IT SHOULD GO TO S AND THE LINE SHOULD BE SHIFTED TO THE 'iORTH <br />RELIEF CANAL AS THE NATURAL BARRIER BETWEEN MD -1 AND LD -1. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK SUGGESTED LD -2 MIGHT PROVIDE SOME <br />TRANSITION. PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER BELIEVED THE CANAL OFFERED <br />THE MOST REASONABLE CUT OFF POINT BETWEEN TWO USES. HE EXPLAINED <br />THAT THEIR THINKING WAS THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT <br />FEATURES BECAUSE OF SENSITIVE AREAS WHICH NEED MORE FLEXIBILITY <br />AND YOU COULD USE ZONING AS YOUR TRANSITIONAL FUNCTION RATHER THAN <br />LAND USE. HE HAD NO PROBLEM WITH LD -2. <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE AREA INVOLVED, AND ENGINEER <br />SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THE 57 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE PROPERTY ADJACENT <br />TO THE CANAL IS PRESENTLY R -2B, OR S UNITS TO THE ACRE, AND THE <br />REMAINDER OF THE ACREAGE IN QUESTION IS PRESENTLY ZONED R-3, EXCEPT <br />FOR THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALONG U.S. 1. <br />INN ROBINSON, CONSERVATION CHAIRMAN FOR THE AUDUBON SOCIETY, <br />STATED THAT THE MAIN REASON FOR CHANGING THE DENSITY DESIGNATION AND <br />MOVING THE LINE DOWN IS BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD PLAIN ZONE. SHE EM- <br />PHASIZED THAT THE PROPERTY UNDER DISCUSSION EXCEPT THAT REPRESENTED BY <br />ATTORNEY JACKSON IS ZONED R -IA, AND THE AUDUBON SOCIETY FEELS THAT <br />NOT ONLY SHOULD THIS REMAIN LD -1, BUT THE LD -1 SHOULD BE INCREASED <br />TO SECTIONS 24 AND 25 BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE 100 YEAR FLOOD ZONE ALSO. <br />PLANNING DIRECTOR REVER DESCRIBED THE ONLY PORTION THAT IS <br />ZONED R -IA AND FELT THE MAJOR PORTION IS AT AROUND 15 UNITS PER ACRE. <br />HE NOTED THAT NO MATTER IF IT WAS CHANGED TO LD -1 OR LD -2, SOME COULD <br />REMAIN R-lA. <br />DR. HERBERT KALE MADE VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT CHANGING <br />DESIGNATIONS AND HAVING SOMETHING BETWEEN THE MD -1 AND THE SENSITIVE <br />AREAS, HE ALSO EMPHASIZED THE FLOOD PLAIN AREA, <br />CONSIDERABLE CONVERSATION ENSUED AS TO EXTENDING THE MD -1 <br />FURTHER NORTH, KEEPING IT CLOSE TO US1 AND AWAY FROM THE RIVER, AND <br />HAVING AN INTERIM LAND USE BETWEEN THE SENSITIVE AREAS AND WHAT COULD <br />BE MD -1, COMMISSIONER BIRD TALKED ABOUT AN IMAGINARY LINE BISECTING <br />SEP 211981 -15- 47 PAGE577 <br />L- -..A <br />