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FEE �� BOOR 67 ou Commissioner Eggert asked if this would exclude bringing in employees from the outside. Attorney O'Haire felt it would, and Mr. Shearer nodded in agreement. Commissioner Wheeler believed that some of them already have employees from the outside. Fred Mensing, resident of Roseland, stated that he knows of 43 people in the area who are engaged in some form of illegal commercial activity, and many of them are reluctant to come forward by name. He felt they should be made legal, if for no other reason, than to discourage them from their option to annex into the abutting industrial district in the City of Sebastian. He believed this annexation can be stopped if the Board creates a new chapter in the ordinance entitled: Home Family Business - ROSE -4. Commissioner Eggert understood that this proposed ordinance is only for ROSE -4. C. N. Cury, 1285 79th Avenue, Roseland, stated that his small business has been licensed since 1967, and emphasized that when he bought in that area it was legal to have such things as boat marinas, garages, golt courses, grocery stores, etc. However, the zoning has been changed twice since then, and now his business is grandfathered in, which doesn't allow him to expand or rebuild if there is major damage from a fire. He stressed that although he owns 2-1/2 acres, he still cannot expand his business. He needs to expand, but he and his sons are left with no option to do so. Mr. Cury regretted that he had not opposed the previous rezoning changes, and felt that if the proposed ordinance is not passed,. he would have to seek some other recourse. He trusted that the Board will see that he and his neighbors have been making their living for many years from these small businesses, and urged the Board to make those uses legal. 46