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ordinance requires arterial frontage, but it is simply a question <br />of unity of title, which could be worked out very easily if two <br />lots were combined. He felt there are two alternatives - either <br />rezone now to encourage property owners to combine or rewrite the <br />ordinance giving the district a specific depth and restrict <br />individual site plans to abut developed property with frontage. <br />As to the problems of traffic and drainage, he contended that PRO <br />would increase traffic only 1.50, which can be taken care of <br />easily by the extension of Indian River Boulevard, and while <br />there are drainage problems in RockRidge proper, his survey shows <br />that the R/W near 17th Street drains north, and his 4th Court <br />frontage falls nearly 5" to the north. The ordinance also <br />requires 10 of stormwater retained on site, and staff has said <br />development would improve the drainage problem. As to lack of <br />need, Mr. Brenner believed 17th St. has more tourists on it than <br />any other county road, and with the decline in aesthetics along <br />17th St., he felt redevelopment must occur. <br />Mr. Brenner noted that the degradation of the property along <br />this street is coming about slowly, and the people along 17th St. <br />are loath to fix up their property. He presented slides showing <br />views of properties along 17th St., stressing one in particular <br />that has been in a severe state of neglect for some years, which <br />happens to be located across from him, and emphasized that Code <br />Enforcement has not done anything about it. <br />Bill Nelson, 230 14th Street, spoke out strongly against the <br />proposed rezoning. He could not understand why when the north <br />side of 17th has all the vacant land, we have to take 10 homes on <br />the south side and rezone them to PRO, and then if the land is <br />not deep enough, possibly involve 20 homes. He pointed out that <br />the office plaza located on 17th St. is half empty. Mr. Nelson <br />further pointed out that Mr. Brenner, an architect, is married to <br />Debbie Schlitt, an interior decorator and daughter of local <br />realtor Frank Schlitt, and they want to turn their house into an <br />21 BOOK PAGE <br />JUN 161987 <br />