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DE C 1 °1982 U2,53 with an average of 3.5 people per unit, plus the extra traffic caused by driving children back and forth to school, etc., while in R -2D Multi -Family, the average is 1.5 people per unit, and if you go to two stories, you are covering less than half the land area covered by R-1. Robert Scurfield, of 12th Place SE, immediately north of the property being considered today, objected strongly to the proposed rezoning and urged that the Board uphold the recommendation of the Planning & Zoning Commission. He presented for the record a petition opposing the rezoning signed by more than 80 residents of River Shores as well as property owners south of the subject land. Said petition is on file in the Office of the Clerk. CommissioneriFletcher asked if the petition was signed after the proposed changes to the original project, and Mr. Scurfield stated that that it.was obtained after the Planning & Zoning meeting, but before the letter in regard to the changes was sent out to residents at River Shores. He continued that his position, however, is not altered by the changes suggested by Mr. O'Haire since he believed those houses would be built to the minimum allowed and moving -the sewage treatment to the south would only result in impacting property owners to the south. He noted that, in any event, none of these suggestions are binding in any way on the developer. Mr. Scurfield argued that although the Land Use Plan does allow a maximum of 6 units per acre on the land in question, the density designations in the Plan are maximum numbers, and there is no inference that the County will allow development to the maximum; therefore, these density districts do not represent entitlements. Mr. Scurfield stated that allowing the requested rezoning would violate five standards of the Land Use Plan, i.e., in regard to complementing residential patterns, avoiding spot zoning, 60