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would be rezoned residential to conform with the Land Use designation. Commissioner Scurlock asked if the property under discussion is not presently before the Code Enforcement Board and has a fine in place, and Mr. Keating confirmed that is the case. Mr. Sabonjohn disagreed with staff and believed that storage is permitted in commercial property and that you can sell things from commercial property. He continued to stress the fact that he had been issued various sales licenses over the years and stated that the Zoning Department has never looked at his books. As far as the claim that someone is living in the mobile home, he believed it has to be proved they are sleeping there; he stated that he does have a watchman there at night because he has had many break-ins. Mr. Sabonjohn wished to know where you can operate a business if not on commercial property. Mr. Keating stated that you can operate a business in a commercial district, but you cannot have storage as a primary use of the area in that district. He noted that this is one of those cases where staff had to make a determination as to what the present use of the land is, i.e., whether there is an active mobile home or automobile sales on-going on the site. Commissioner Wodtke did not believe.the present use of Mr. Sabonjohn's land is the issue before the Board today; what we are addressing is a request to make a change in the Land Use Plan. Chairman Bird agreed that the Board does not want to debate the use of Mr. Sabonjohn's property. The question is should we leave him as a commercial spot in an agricultural area, which is contrary to what we have tried to accomplish in the Comprehensive Plan. He believed that it is only a matter of time until the County would have initiated a 41 OCT 12 193