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prefer 4 to 5 in this particular situation. He noted that the first group home is very important because its success will mean a lot in terms of future group homes. Commissioner Bowman understood there is a group home for womenithat has been in the county a number of years and has been very successful, and Commissioner Bird believed there is a group home ,for retired priests also. Planning Director Keating advised that it is within the Board's purview to establish the intensity of the group home, but pointed out that staff spent a lot of time drafting this recom- menda,tion, which established an upper limit of numbers and in doing', so, relied heavily on HRS standards. Up to 8 was an overall limitation for Level I homes. Commissioner Bowman believed there is some question of economics involved in this also. The Chairman asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Jerry Metcalf, 1375 15th Avenue, came before the Board representing residents of the neighborhood in question, and advised that he appealed the decision of the Planning & Zoning Commi�,ssion. He first wished to address the definition of rradmil',nistrative permit." From his point of view the administra- tive'permit amounts to the same thing as a zoning change because it changes the character of the neighborhood. The residents of Braeburn Park and Rivenbark Subdivision have invested their money and established their homes there, and the whole neighborhood is singi''e family with an average of about 4 members to a household. Mr. Metcalf stated that at the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, he presented a petition signed by every adjoining property owner and most of the property owners in the entire neighborhood asking that the permit for the group home be denied, and it was made part of the record. Chairman Scurlock noted that the state has mandated that group homes be placed in residential areas, and asked Mr. Metcalf wherc he would place them. 23 >; BOOK. 69 PACE205