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TEE 1988 BOOK 7Q PAJE 753 Precise Land Use Map (PLUM), what was looked at, and the possible need to look at the WBSAP again. Director Keating noted that when the plan was developed and amended in 1985 and 1986, it was non -controversial, and he believed the reason it was non -controversial is that staff was working with the Winter Beach Progressive League which did not include a lot of the absentee owners. Commissioner Wheeler had no problem with the commercial, industrial or multi -family use in the MXD along that corridor the way it is now except that it is not what the SAP represents based on the action we took last year in downzoning to RS -3. As he understood it, what the planners are saying is that we need to go back and readdress the Small Area Plan. Chairman Scurlock again emphasized that good planning would dictate that you transition from the light industrial type of development that is going to occur near U.S.! and the railroad, and you don't transition from Tight industrial by going immedi- ately to the lowest density single family use. We had a bunch of people who pushed on the Commission for the lowest density without any transition, and now we are facing how we deal with the railroad track and U.S.I. Commissioner Eggert did not believe we are facing anything. It is there; it works just fine the way it is; and she felt in many cases low density and light industrial get along just fine. Commissioner Wheeler also felt that good planning strictly according to the textbook does not always go along with how the people in the neighborhood want to live. He personally would prefer to live next to commercial and Tight industrial rather than some multi -family neighborhoods. Chairman Scurlock noted that obviously he is not going to win this argument because he didn't win it last time, but he wished to make his comments for the record because he personally felt we should have listened to the Planning Department's 24