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solution to this problem that everyone could live with. Referring to a map of the area, he pointed out that this property is surrounded on 3 sides by industrial zoning and uses and on 2-1/2 sides by the City of Sebastian. He stressed that what we are talking about today is not proposed uses, but uses that are in place. Attorney O'Haire presented a folder of 9 colored photographs showing the various industrial uses. (Photographs are on file in the Office of the Clerk to the Board.) He stressed that these are family -operated businesses, which are grandfathered in, and what is being proposed might deal death sentences to them so that their children could not run them in the future. He emphasized that they are asking for the expansion of uses not because of what is going to be there, but because of what is there today. Attorney O'Haire called the Board's attention to 3 limitations on the home occupation use that he has drafted into the proposed ordinance for this ROSE -4 area which he believed would protect everyone in the future: 1) As a prerequisite to home occupational use in the ROSE -4, you must go through the site plan process with all of its safeguards to protect the neighborhood and the community; 2) The home occupations can be used only by members of the family living on the property; and, 3) The property has to qualify and continue to qualify for Homestead Exemption in the Property Appraiser's Office. If the property does not qualify for Homestead Exemption, the right to a permitted use of a home occupation disappears. Chairman Scurlock asked if all the existing home occupations are known and listed, and Attorney O'Haire stated that he knows in his own mind what is there, and has tried to address those uses in the drafted ordinance. Chairman Scurlock felt there is no question that this is a unique area and that is why the Commission has been so torn on trying to address the issue. 45 EB 24 1987 Boos 6 7 P, ,F 4 12,0 0