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Chairman Scurlock hoped we would not get into an 8 -hour discussion on this issue, because as far as he was concerned, the answer is no. In fact, he remembered when we established a very different, difficult precedent early on when we abandoned our old AIA right-of-way for Baytree and a number of those developments, and got nothing for it. That cut bisected all those projects along there, and a former County Commission went ahead and abandoned our rights and allowed them to develop their communities, but we got a big goose egg for all of that. He wondered, however, if we were to modify the ordinance, would it apply to only the long lots and not the shorter lots that have the same narrow width. Stan Boling, Chief of Current Development, felt certain that could be done. We could narrow down the scope. Commissioner Scurlock also asked if that area of the beach is in an erosion area or an accretion area, and Chairman Wheeler felt that all depends on the sand transfer project at the Sebastian Inlet, but all of that north beach area has a tendency to erode rather than accrete. Chairman Wheeler asked if anyone wished tobe heard in this matter. Attorney Michael O'Haire, representing the owner who owns property on both sides of AIA, emphasized that we are only talking about 5 lots. Referring to an aerial view of the area, he pointed out that everything north of Lot 5 in the Ambersand Subdivision is zoned RS -1, which requires a density of one unit to the acre. His client's property is approximately 350 feet deep on the east side of AIA, but it is more than 600 feet deep on the west side of AIA, and is one of the deepest lots in the entire subdivision. Commissioner Eggert asked how much of that is not lagoon, and Attorney O'Haire believed about one fifth of it is lagoon. Commissioners Scurlock and Eggert felt it is more like a quarter to a third. DEC 12 1989 L_ 35 BOOK 78 PAGE. 600