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r- - <br />APR 7 198 <br />BOOK UY 831 <br />The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard: <br />John Turnbull, who has been doing consulting work for the <br />Mental Health Association, reported that they have looked from <br />one end of the county to the other for a location for a <br />residential treatment center and have not been able to find <br />anything in the way of proper zoning to allow it. They, <br />therefore, are looking for a way to get a building of some type <br />zoned in a commercial area. They would like to be able, if <br />possible, to find and ut.ilize some facility within the commercial <br />area, whether it be general commercial, heavy or whatever. They <br />are also looking at vacant land to build upon for the future but <br />would like to have the Board consider the alternatives for the <br />types of zoning they can utilize if they should be lucky enough <br />to find a building they can renovate at a reasonable cost and get <br />in operation. <br />It was determined that no one further wished to be heard, <br />and the Chairman thereupon declared the public hearing closed. <br />Commissioner Bowman wished to know if this sort of a <br />facility is permitted in an Agricultural District. <br />Planner Shearer did not think so because the full intent of <br />this type facility, i.e., group homes, is to get them in a <br />residentialtype environment. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that this is a secure <br />residential drug treatment facility which is totally different <br />from a group home. It is more of a hospital and, of course, the <br />hospital zones are prohibitive. She felt it is a unique type of <br />facility and so difficult to place in the county that we have to <br />provide them with every possible option and we should include the <br />option of CH. <br />54 <br />M M <br />