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approval. Mrs. Sanders did contact all the property owners in Blocks 2 and 4 of Lord Calvert Estates Subdivision, and they gave her permission to apply for the rezoning. Since she did not have title and warranty deed to all the other properties,_.however, to make the application legal, it was County initiated. Staff felt a request to go to R -2B was a reasonable one. Planner Shearer continued that a letter has been received from surrounding property owner Zelma Jenkins in favor of the rezoning, and phone calls in support of the proposed rezoning have been received from Mrs. Mentoria Ross and Ms. Bertha Sanders. Planner Shearer then displayed slides showing the three duplexes currently located on the subject property immedi- ately south of the lots owned by Mrs. Sanders, as well as slides of existing four-plex apartments, and reviewed the existing land use pattern and the surrounding uses in detail. He noted that staff looked at the proposed rezoning as a nice transition from 14 units per acre on the east to 6 units to the west. They also looked at the existing uses with three duplexes in the area and 3 single family homes and pointed out that R -2B would not preclude anyone from having a single family house. At the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, however, there were a considerable number of people with concerns about the rezoning, and the Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend denial of the rezoning. Commissioner Bird questioned whether the size of the lots would have any effect on them being buildable for single family, and Mr. Shearer explained that these lots, which are 50' wide x 120' deep, are non -conforming lots of record and it is possible to build a single family residence on them; although, it might be necessary to get a variance on side yard setbacks. 53 JAN 4 1984 �� 55 nkv 796