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r SEP 1.9 1984 BOOK 58 F'',GF, John Lyon, the applicant and developer of the proposed site plan and who also owns a unit in Vista Royale, proceeded to address the concerns mentioned today. 1) As far as non -conformity is concerned, it has always been in conformance with the Comp Plan. The radio station has been there since 1954 and an insurance office was also located on the property. The radio station's transmitter was in the building and there was an engineer on the premises until the radio tower ceased operation on August 15, 1984. 2) It is his belief that property values will increase, not decrease. 3) As to traffic safety, he reported that when Vista Royale Association tried to get DOT to put a traffic light at the north entrance because of the high use and the high accident rate, DOT found that it was was not a high use section and that it did not have a high accident ratio. DOT has determined that there will not be a light installed there until the traffic count increases. In addition, Mr. Lyon advised that the acceleration lane could be the deceleration lane. Attorney Brandenburg addressed Mr. Putnam's concerns over the County running into legal problems if the Board approves this site plan. He believed Director Keating's viewpoints on the way he has interpreted the legal aspects of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan are correct. When the plan was being adopted, one of the largest issues confronting the Commission was what to do with the existing uses, and as a result, language was written into the plan specifying that a commercial use that was present and legal on the property at the time of adoption of the plan could remain and would be considered consistent with the plan. If it is consistent with the plan, it is not considered a grandfathered use under the Zoning Code for two reasons: 60 _I