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precedents when you allow a special exception and the future <br />standards are established by what you permit. Mr. O'Haire <br />suggested that since there are so many unanswered questions, the <br />proper way to handle this so his clients are not afraid of what <br />may happen is to establish the standards first - put off the <br />approval until we know what we are getting and something can be <br />set forth in the ordinance. <br />Chairman Scurlock pointed out that the precedent already has <br />been established in three prior cases. <br />Attorney O'Haire had another issue that he would Eike to put <br />to rest, which is that somehow in the DRI process there was a <br />provision that a beach club was required of the developer. What <br />really happened is that staff told the developer that they wanted <br />him to address the question of his impact on the beaches. Mr. <br />O'Haire believed the developer really sidestepped the question <br />posed by staff and did what all developer's love to do - provide <br />a beach club facility as a sales and marketing tool. He agreed <br />that Lloyd Ecclestone did this at John's Island; the Zarembas did <br />it at Sea Oaks; and it has been done at Indian Trails. These all <br />were designed to serve the communities within which they were <br />located, but because of lack of a sufficient population base in <br />the beginning, had to invite the outside world in. As things <br />have turned out, John's Island now has built up a population base <br />that will support its club, and it has been sold out on an equity <br />basis to its members. At Sea Oaks, the property owners own the <br />amenity package, and it is under lease to the developer. His <br />subsidy problem will take care of itself as the project immedi- <br />ately adjacent and contiguous to it is built out. The proposed <br />project is different in that for the first time we have a <br />developer putting up an amenity package for sales and marketing <br />purposes on the oceanfront that is supposedly for the benefit of <br />the adjacent property they have, but actually is for sales and <br />marketing of their main project which is located miles away <br />across the river. Mr. O'Haire pointed out the possibility that a <br />69 BOOK 70 FaGE • 1G <br />DEC 1987 <br />I <br />