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-DEC 211983 BwK 55 PnE- the proposed new plant, to handle all the developed land in that area, and, therefore, the County is going to be faced with how to provide service for 12 units an acre when, in fact, we do not have capacity for 3 units per acre. He felt the bottom line is that the Moorings and a few other individuals down there are going to have to expand that plant as needed in order to continue to develop. Director Keating explained that construction has not begun on the 12 units and if the extension is denied, the developer will either have to bring in a new site plan or start to build during the two months remaining on the one-year extension. Charles Garris, Attorney representing Cotton Properties, Inc., felt that a further extension in this particular project would not seta precedent. He went into considerable detail about the problems they encountered because of a 35' height limitation which resulted in them having to ask for a one-year extension at the end of 1982, And how, after receiving the extension, they moved forward on the project-, but then ran into problems with the financial institutions which, because of the state of the economy, required that they have 6 pre -sold units before commencing construction. They have sold only three units to date and would like this 90-120 day extension in order to attract prospective buyers from the winter visitors. Attorney Garris realized that if the extension is denied today, they still have the right to initiate construction, but pointed out that it will be difficult to do that before the -.site plan expiration date of February 25th because of the length of time it would take to obtain a building permit for a project of this size, to put the pilings down, to put in the footers, etc. In addition, if they cannot meet the January 25th deadline, they will have a problem with the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and will have 39