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Sf 1p� P 211981 800K 47 PACE t 0,, ATTORNEY HENDERSON ASKED IF THEY WILL KNOW IN ADVANCE WHAT DENSITY THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP TO IF THEY CAN SHOW A CERTAIN PART IS DEVELOPABLE, IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT IT SHOULD BE THE LOWEST AVAILABLE ZONING, AND THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PLANNERS COME BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROBLEM. DOYLE ROGERS, TRUSTEE AND BENEFICIAL OWNER OF MARSH ISLAND NORTH OF WABASSO CAUSEWAY CAME BEFORE THE BOARD. MR. ROGERS DID NOT FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN JUSTLY TREATED BY THE TENTATIVE DESIGNA- TION ON THE LAND USE PLAN WHICH THEY ORIGINALLY WERE TOLD WAS LD -2 AND NOW, AFTER SPENDING A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY ON PLANS, HAVE LEARNED THAT IT IS LD -1, THIS PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL AND STILL IS, WHICH ZONING WOULD PERMIT APPROXIMATELY 580 UNITS IN A HOTEL,MOTEL OR RENTAL APARTMENT COMPLEX, WHEREAS LD -1 WOULD ALLOW ONLY 81 UNITS. MR. ROGERS THEN WENT INTO DETAIL AS TO MONEY SPENT OVER THE'YEARS ON TAXES, PLANNING, AND PRE -DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES. HE FELT IT WOULD BE UNFAIR, INEQUITABLE AND TANTAMOUNT TO INVERSE CONDEMNATION TO REDUCE THEM TO LESS THAN 6 UNITS PER ACRE AND THAT IT WOULD BE SPOT ZONING BECAUSE EACH SIDE OF THE RIVER IS LD -2. HE NOTED THAT THIS LAND DOES HAVE HIGH GROUND, i2' IN SOME AREAS, AND MUCH LESS MANGROVE THAN ANTICIPATED. THEY FEEL A UNIFIED AND WELL DEFINED CONDOMINIUM PLAN COULD DO A MUCH BETTER JOB IN THIS AREA THAN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, AND THEY HAVE PLANNED THEIR MARINA ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH BUILDINGS ON STILTS AND ELEVATED WALKWAYS. HE URGED THAT THEY BE ALLOWED AN LD -2 DESIGNATION IN THE FINAL PLAN. PLANNING DIRECTOR EXPLAINED THEIR WORK ON THE PLAN AND BE- LIEVED THE ISLANDS WERE INTENDED TO BE LD -1, BUT THE MAP WAS WRONGFULLY DEVELOPED WITH SOME ARROWS IN THE WRONG PLACE INDICATING LD -2. HE STATED THAT AS SOON AS THIS WAS DISCOVERED, HE NOTIFIED MR, ROGERS. MR. REVER AGREED THAT THE PROPERTY UNDER DISCUSSION, WHICH BASICALLY IS A SPOIL AREA, IS HIGHER THAN MOST OF THE OTHER AREAS AROUND; THE ONLY SENSITIVE AREA IS THE FRINGE AREA OF MANGROVES. DISCUSSION CONTINUED; IT WAS NOTED THAT 6 UNITS PER ACRE WOULD RESULT IN 156 UNITS, AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THE ONLY ACCESS IS S.R. 510. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK STATED THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT LD -1 WHICH WOULD ALLOW DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO THAT OF CACHE CAYE WHICH IS ON AN ISLAND ALSO.