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Director Keating advised that Planning looked at the <br />criteria as being applicable to any expansion of the existing <br />activity, which means that any new uses and any additional square <br />footage would have to comply with this. <br />Chairman Scurlock understood that Planning would allow an <br />expansion, but not one of this magnitude, and Director Keating <br />said that was correct from a total quantity trip standpoint, but <br />it comes back to the interpretation of the ordinance. When it <br />says that traffic is not generated in excess of that customary <br />for residential uses, you have to determine whether semi -truck <br />traffic is customary for residential uses. So you are looking at <br />both quantity and quality. <br />Commissioner Eggert found herself terribly torn between what <br />actually is written on paper and the ethics of it. <br />Attorney O'Haire argued that Mr. Kirrie has not tried to <br />fool anybody, he has been right up front and told everybody what <br />he does and what he proposes to do. He is not trying to get <br />something for nothing. Attorney O'Haire felt the point has to be <br />made that it is not staff's position to be adversarials or <br />advocates in this case. You just cannot take away from the fact <br />that employees are family members and live where they work. If <br />staff had taken that into account, they would have come up with <br />34 trips by reason of expansion. You have got to get back to the <br />numbers, and the numbers say that the ROSE -4 District permits 4 <br />units per acre. You don't pick a Health Department number to use <br />in calculating trips; you take the number the Zoning Ordinance <br />permits, and you get 7 trips per day, not 1 unit per half acre. <br />Commissioner Eggert pointed out that this is not something <br />new, they have been doing that, but Attorney O'Haire felt that <br />depends on the project. Different methods are used for different <br />purposes. There is not that much consistency. <br />Chairman Scurlock felt the solution is to cut down the size <br />of the expansion, and Attorney O'Haire advised that Mr. Kirrie <br />AY 1'"« 3 <br />38 <br />BOOK 72 Au -381 <br />