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Director Keating advised that is an allowable exception. <br />Chairman Scurlock believed if you develop Commissioner <br />Bowman's thesis, you could bring up the architecture in New York <br />City where a 50 -story building is acceptable, and Commissioner <br />Bowman noted that you can question whether a French fishing <br />village is suitable to Indian River County, but whether it is or <br />not, it is there and we allowed it. <br />Commissioner Wheeler believed that majority of the people <br />who would see the tower will be traveling U.S.! and won't know <br />what it is, but Commissioner Bowman felt most will probably see <br />it from the river. <br />Commissioner Bird concurred that we should define monument <br />but felt it has been indicated that the 35' height limitation is <br />pretty sacred to the county, and Commissioner Wheeler expressed <br />his concern about setting a precedent. <br />Commissioner Bowman wished to make it clear that she would <br />not want to set a precedent, and she would want this monument to <br />be the only one. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner to refer this matter to Planning staff <br />to develop a definition and guidelines for monuments <br />with direction to keep the height at a maximum of 35'. <br />Interested citizen, William Koolage felt strongly that Grand <br />Harbor just wants the monument for their own advertising and <br />promotional purposes, and saw no reason to break the 35' height <br />limit for monuments. He felt the proposed monument would be an <br />eyesore and possibly even an aviation hazard, and he just didn't <br />want to see it allowed. <br />Chairman Scurlock advised that he had asked a banker if he <br />would be willing to loan money to build such a monument, and was <br />informed this would be fundable on the basis of advertising. <br />26 <br />tIiAY 638 <br />BOOK 72 r 3E..3O6 <br />