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AUG 911985 BOOK 61 F."I 84 Director Keating emphasized the whole thing we are looking at here is keeping the same general type and pattern of land use on the west side of Old Dixie where commercial has not made a significant inroad yet. Commissioner Wodtke talked about the situation on 6th Ave., 12th St., 8th St., etc., the allowing of commercial, the traffic movement from east to west, etc., and felt it is a really difficult dec-ision. He believed we don't want to go west with any more industria4 or commercial, and the only area where we do have any 6, 8 or 10 multiple family is in this area, and it will impact the road system. Administrator Wright noted that the impact of multiple family is significantly less than commercial, and the Vice Chairman felt it is a matter of degree - you are going to stress the road network less than if you approved the maximum. Mr. Shearer explained that multiple family at 6 units per acre is probably going to generate around 42 trips a day whereas an acre of commercial at this level could attract about 1,000 trips per day. Vice Chairman Scurlock opened the Public Hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Michael O'Haire,. Attorney representing the Reams family who have owned this property since 1907, displayed demographics of the site which were prepared by his office, plus photographs of adjacent uses. He stressed that since the R 8 J,Crane Service and Knight 8 Mathis Machine Shop are located there and there is industrial zoning, industrial designation for the plant and industrial uses on the east side of Old Dixie, that is what prompted their application for a buffer between the multiple - family property to the west. Attorney O'Haire felt that to deny a buffer or a transitional zone from the industrial use on the east side of Old Dixie is, in effect, to say to the Reams that there is no use for their property for a 300' depth because 51