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M M Attorney Collins emphasized that, first of all, realtors need to be able to represent to buyers and sellers of property how that property can be used. The Compre- hensive Plan did make it clearer for the realtors to say whether property is or is not in conformance, but the nodal areas remain a gray area, and from a liability standpoint, the realtors have found it frustrating and difficult to deal with the issue with any degree of reliance. He felt if the Commission accepts the Planning Department's recommendation, they are increasingly going to be put in the position of making judgment calls of one property against another, especially as the node begins to fill up. Attorney Collins explained that basically the realtors are saying let's accept the Plan as adopted, take the nodes as they exist, and go ahead and rezone to the uses as established by the Plan. He pointed out that, rightly or wrongly, many transactions have taken place since the adoption of the Comprehensive Plan where people have made business decisions feeling that they were or were not in the nodes, and by rezoning the properties now in the nodes, the Board will dlarify that position for everybody. Attorney Collins continued that the Board of Realtors feels planning and zoning should not be based on a first come, first served issue, but that it should be based on an overall view of the situation, after which the Board should adopt policies and then let growth occur according to those policies rather than being in the position of reacting to events as they arise. Attorney Collins next addressed the issue of the in -fill question and visualized that in a situation where the inner core of 25% is filled up and projects have been approved near the outer boundary, there would be tremendous pressure on the Board to rezone all the land in between by transferring allocations from somebody else. 23 AUG 15 1984 If the Board BOOK 58 Fp;F �3