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- M M Planner Nearing stated that staff does not feel that this area is in deterioration; however, they are looking at the future and what potentially could happen there since it is adjacent to a commercial node and is along a major highway with a high traffic volume. Staff feels that the PRO would provide a good buffer from commercial and would help in responding to future commercial zoning requests. Chairman Scurlock did not see that as a problem since the Commission responds to commercial zoning requests all the time. Robert Keating, Director of Planning 6 Development, stressed that staff never meant to insinuate that all of these homes were deteriorated, just a couple of rental homes along SR -60. Commissioner Eggert had trouble with adding a more intense use that close to Ryanwood Shopping Center and not calling it .strip zoning. She felt it is a particularly hard spot to put a PRO District into because there isn't any possibility of putting in a service road. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that there is quite a bit of unused commercially -zoned property right across SR -60. While he felt the PRO District is a good idea when you get into an area which is significantly deteriorated to the point where values have dropped and people are having difficulty residing in the area, he did not feel that is the case in this area. He understood, however, that staff's recommendation is for approval of the PRO and that the Planning & Zoning Commission voted unanimously to recommend approval of the rezoning. Chairman Scurlock opened the Public Hearing, and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter. Eugene O'Neill, attorney representing several property owners, including himself, who have partial interest in certain properties, intended to show today that the passing of the PRO zoning would be a great improvement for the property on 56th Avenue; that the property on 55th Avenue (Dearie Pines) would not 24 EP ,13 1988 Door. 74 F, 457