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BOOK IY F,1,E <br />Commissioner Bowman did not feel we can depend on the DNR <br />for anything these days. <br />Attorney Vitunac commented that in this criteria, you are <br />giving grandfathered rights to lots that are platted, and the <br />taking issue would come in when you have empty lots that can't be <br />used for anything except aesthetic easements unless they are part <br />of a larger parcel to the west of the line. <br />Director Keating pointed out that we are not saying anything <br />about construction, only about plat creation, but Mr. McQueen <br />noted that you can only build on a platted lot. <br />Director Keating noted that you can build on a metes and <br />bounds parcel, but Mr. McQueen argued that you can't put 10 units <br />one one. <br />Commissioner Bird believed there are pretty high dunes in <br />that area. <br />Mr. McQueen brought up the COBRA system and what it cost the <br />property owners on the north barrier island to be excluded from <br />that system. He confirmed that the dune elevation runs very <br />high in that area and noted that the DNR in their permitting will <br />not allow you to excavate that dune, and you don't need to. The <br />floors are built up usually 4/5' above existing dune elevations; <br />so, the only impact you could have from any flood would have been <br />where the pilings themselves go and the fill material itself that <br />is placed under the construction. He informed the Board that <br />right now the DNR are not refusing permits, but on one permit <br />north of the Polo Club, they have moved the house and the whole <br />project halfway between the new and old line right next to a <br />house that is built exactly on the old line. Polo probably will <br />not try to plat beyond that line, but Mr. McQueen felt it would <br />be an imposition not to allow a private property owner to plat <br />beyond the line. <br />Director Keating noted that we could take out this one <br />policy. Staff put this in because the Coastal High Hazard Zone <br />has been identified as an area where it is dangerous to live. <br />138 <br />