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MAY 2 1984 BOOK 56 PAGE 834 Richard Shearer, Chief, Long -Range Planning, presented staff's recommendation for denial of this redesignation request and showed slides of the site and a map of the land uses in the area. He again referred to the aerial photograph of the area and explained that the Planning & Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of this request for the reasons stated in the Description and Conditions section of the above memo, but it was staff's recommendation to deny the redesignation because it would further encourage strip commercial development along both Oslo Road and 27th Avenue, which is contrary to the policies of the Comprehensive Plan. Edmond Prange, one of the three applicants, spoke in behalf of the Casons, who asked that he represent them here this morning. The Casons assumed that because of the approval of the Planning & Zoning Commission their property was commercial, and as a result, they had a buyer for part of their property until they checked and found that the process had not been completed and their property was still designated as residential. Mr. Prange felt that when staff pointed out that the properties to the north are commercial, they neglected to mention that south of 7th Street there is Emerson Plaza and another business establishment. Staff also neglected to mention that on the south side of Oslo Road, adjacent to the vacant property, is a well drilling and repair company which is definitely heavy commercial, perhaps even industrial. Mr. Prange pointed out that property from the canal to Oslo Road is historically commercial, and it had been moving that way swiftly until it was stopped 3 or 4 years because of the Comp Plan designation; and now property that is designated as residential cannot be used because it is zoned commercial, which puts property owners in a very difficult position. He further pointed out that with the loitering at the local 38