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- M M Commissioner Lyons noted that the property owner, therefore, right now can go in and build to a density of 4.3 units per acre on everything except the C-1 zoning. Mr. Scurfield, speaking for River Shores, believed he just heard for the first time that the proposed homes would be a minimum of 1200 sq. ft., which is different than the initial site plan filed, but he still felt that the community interests should mandate denying the appeal. Commissioner Wodtke asked if the River Shores residents would object if the two north -south roads were opened to go into this area. The residents expressed their objections loudly. Commissioner Wodtke pointed out that those are public_ roads accepted by the county, and if the area to the south were to develop as a single family development, he did not feel the county would be in a legal position to deny opening up those roads. Under the site plan approval required for multiple family development, however, the county could place restrictions on the use of those roads. Commissioner Fletcher questioned whether we would be legally required to open those roads for single family. Chairman Scurlock noted that during the hearings on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the Board looked very diligently at potential areas and considered many factors to make provisions to meet the need for multi -family, and when this area was designated LD -2 for that purpose, lie did not remember any objections being raised. For this reason, he personally had a great deal of problem with upholding the decision reached by the Planning & Zoning Commission. The Chairman further felt it has been proven that the grove has been in decline and not economically viable for a number of years. He firmly believed there should be some buffer and transitional zone, and his first thought was to split this into two-rezonings, one for single family and the second for 65 D E G 1 1982 Wx 52 PAU-E 258