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M M r Commissioner Wheeler asked about the houses that are in those areas now. His point was that if you are not in compliance with the plan, you can't borrow money on your land, and this would apply to places such as the fly -in ranches. Also, there are people who just like to live on some acreage in the country, but they may not be able to afford to buy 40 acres of land. Director Keating advised that we have two kinds of non - conformities built into our regulations. "Lots of record" are not considered non -conformities because they are grandfathered in, and, therefore, there would be no problem with building back anything existing out there right now in case of fire, etc. As far as making it more difficult for someone wanting to build in a rural area by requiring 40 acres, that is true unless you can find a lot of record. But the question is - do you want to control the density of the county. Director Keating pointed out that some people want to live on 1 acre lots, but right now we have a 1 unit per 5 acre density out there. Commissioner Scurlock stressed that it is not feasible to provide the infrastructure at those densities, and also empha- sized the fact that there is an on-going water problem and water quality is continuing to degradate. Commissioner Bird wished to review possible proposed densi- ties starting from the westernmost boundary of the county, and Planner Loeper noted that it presently is 1 unit for 10 acres. Commissioner Bird believed Commissioner Scurlock suggested a density out there of 1 for 40 and then go to zero for the conser- vation area, and it was noted that continuing east the map submitted to the DCA shows 1 for 10 for the Agricultural area and then 1 to 5 for the Rural area. Commissioner Bird commented that it seems we ar-e looking at some compromise to satisfy DCA, and he felt maybe we should go back to them with the 1 to 40 and then to zero and say leave the rest as it is. JAN 16 19JU 13 BOOK.