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OCT 211981 BOOK 4 7 Senior.Planner Challacombe stated that this was brought out several times at the Regional Planning Council, but he did not know whether all Commission members get copies of the minutes of the Regional Planning Council. Attorney Gordon Johnson came before the Board representing the applicant, Midwest Federal Savings & Loan. He felt the Commission was familiar with the type of development involved and believed that most all the questions had been gone over before at the Development of Regional Impact hearing. Commissioner Scurlock wished to know where the similar property which was denied rezoning is located in relation to the subject property and what differences there are between these properties, if any. Mr. Challacombe noted that the Planning staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission both had recommended approval of the other rezoning; however, it was denied based on input from the public and concerns over drainage, water and the preservation of agricultural lands. The property denied rezoning is located about 2h miles east and closer to town than the property presently being considered. In further discussion, it was noted that the property presently being considered for rezoning, is surrounded on three sides by R1MP zoning; there is some agricultural on the east, but basically this would be a squaring off of the area, which was not the situation with the property denied the rezoning. Attorney Johnston presented a map of the proposed layout of their development and noted that no other expansion is proposed in this area. Though the requested zoning actually is a density of 8.7, their project will be developed at a density of about 4.5 units per acre rather than 5, which the Development Order calls for. This project will be similar to the other Village Green development with beautiful landscaping and only doublewide mobile homes, as was