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Planner Shearer explained that when we adopted the Non- residential Conversion Ordinance, staff admitted that they inadvertently may have missed something, and the Board directed staff to initiate proceedings to correct the situation in the event it was found that something had been overlooked. Staff subsequently discovered the subject mixed-use structure had been in use about 20 years. Discussion ensued regarding Limited Commercial, and Commis- sioner Bowman wanted to know if OCR wouldn't be more appropriate. Planner Shearer felt it would but noted that staff was trying to restore the use as a TV repair business. CL was advertised, but we could downzone from that. Chairman Scurlock believed if the use has not been main- tained over a certain period of time, it cannot be reinstated or grandfathered in, but Planner Shearer explained that staff based the use on the date of adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, which grandfathered in non -conforming uses then in existence. This property was in use as a television repair business at that time; although, it was not at the time of the conversion. He noted that OCR would allow an officetype use, and he believed the proposed use now is for real estate offices. Commissioner Bowman preferred OCR because this property is in the middle of a residential area, and the Chairman concurred. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Anthony Walluk, a realtor who is interested in having an office on this property, confirmed that it was previously in use as a TV repair business and further advised that the lady who owns this property has a license to use it as a plant nursery also. It was explained that while offices would be allowed in OCR, a plant nursery would not, and Commissioner Bowman asked if the nursery is a viable business. Mrs. Erika Bomhard of State Road 512 informed the Board that her late husband was a TV repairman and that she has had a small 27 BOOK