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Discussion continued re densities in this area, and Commissioner Bowman stated that she felt that the County had made an error by zoning this area to allow such high densities, and she would like to see the County undertake to rezone the whole area. Chairman Scurlock opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Ruth Chapman, 1450 5th Avenue, explained that the subject property abuts Rockridge and she hoped that the Board would bar anything that would go through Rockridge as they don't want the end of 13th Street and 3rd Court to be a throughway to this development. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that Vice Chairman Lyons was still out recuperating from his recent operation and asked if the applicants wished to continue this meeting until it could be heard before a full Board. Attorney B. T. Cooksey conferred with his client and David Rever and announced that they had decided to go ahead with the hearing today. Tom Imperato, resident of Tropic Villas North, explained that he had been away and just recently found out about this down zoning. He expressed the wish that the Board would postpone the hearing until they could retain an attorney in this matter. Mr. Shearer explained that down zoning is when you go to a less intensive use, which is not really the case here. Chairman Scurlock understood Mr. Imperato's concern about property values, but did not think that the rezoning would have a negative impact on his property. He noted that the total number of proposed units would be 232, which would work out to 4 units per acre on the overall property. The development would be clustered on the upland area and would be comparable to Tropic Villas North, which has 116 units on 10 acres, which works out to 11.6 units per acre. 25 N O V 28 1984 _ Boor' - �9 FnE 25 J