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FEB 17 1907 BOOK ! r area. He felt build -out should be kept to a minimum on 16th St. because other traffic than just the neighborhood uses that street and has for years, even more now that it is paved. He agreed that the Rosewood neighborhood is a unique one and believed the proposed subdivision is anything but unique. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Commissioner Eggert, to deny preliminary plat approval ' for Queen's Terrace Subdivision. ✓ Commissioner Eggert advised that she recommended denial because she believed there is a difference between minimum standards for the county and minimum standards for an individual community. When you get small lots backing up to large estate lots, you get a whole different type of community; there is a difference in the way the neighborhood will be used; and you can have nothing but an adverse effect on the neighborhood. Chairman Scurlock believed the Commission has been committed to looking at the entire area trying to bring the densities down. He obviously had some concern about potential litigation, but felt we should just make the best record we can as to how we feel the community is being adversely affected as that seems to be the key. The Chairman did feel there is some legitimate concern about the transportation network, and, in fact, our own county engineer refused to design that roadway because of the constriction caused by the trees that were preserved along the road, and there is further constriction due to the bridge over the main canal. It would be tremendously expensive to construct a new bridge, and the Chairman did not believe we want to remove the trees. These factors make expansion of the roadway extremely difficult, if not impossible, and he, therefore, felt the traffic element is a major concern. He was not sure what adverse effect to a community means to different people, but he was sure if any of us 64