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JUL 21192 K 50 PA�E� 140 x 240 lot, there is a mobile home with an addition built on it, which is where her son, Charlie Cooper, has resided for some 25 years and raised his family. Mr. Cooper now would like to remove the mobile home and construct a new - residence. The lot size is adequate, but there is a road frontage problem and the only solution is a zoning change. The Zoning Board recommended denial based on the finding of the Planning Department that such a rezoning would con- stitute spot zoning since it would give the Coopers, or a successor owner, the right to build a duplex or triplex on the subject lot. Mr. Quinn assured the Board that Mr. Cooper is very serious about building his house, - he has a contract, financing, etc. Attorney Quinn then went into a lengthy argument about what does or does not constitute spot zoning and read definitions which describe spot zoning as that which "allows uses which are inconsistent with the surrounding area" or "permit a radical departure in a small area of a much larger area committed to a very different use." He also felt that spot zoning will result in violation of the neighborhood character and may result in depreciation of neighborhood values. Attorney Quinn then went into a very -thorough description of the area around the Cooper property, noting that all the properties on the north side of 10th Place back up to the commercial properties located along the south side of 12th st. He stressed the large amount of commercial and industrial activity in this area and pointed out that the residences in the surrounding area consist mainly of frame houses in excess of 30 years old and mobile homes which have been added onto. In addition, the lots on each side of the subject property have houses built directly behind one another, and when you drive by this street, you see house behind house on each side of the subject parcel. Mr. Quinn _8