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and where he lives they are on 1/2 acre lots. All the traffic will be coming out 82nd Avenue, and he has heard rumors that the Catholic Church is planning to build just to the south; that 3 doctors from Fort Lauderdale want to put a medical facility in the vicinity; that the truckstop at the intersection is going to be enlarged; and that a Red Lobster Restaurant is coming in. Mr. Elliot continued to stress concerns regarding the traffic and expressed his opposition to the requested rezoning; he would prefer something more in the range of 2 or 4 upa, and felt more study should be done in the area. Jim Young, Wildwood Subdivision, advised the Board that when he originally developed Wildwood Subdivision, he was told it could not be approved for less than 1 acre lots and it was stressed that they wanted to preserve the character of low dens- ity. He is aware that one of the limiting factors when he developed was the lack of utilities, and while he appreciates that now has changed, he would like to hold out for the lowest density that the Commission can put in. He would hate to pull out on Ranch Road and face 180 families coming out from the other side. Bernard Benson, 8165 24th St., opposed zoning to RM -8 because it would be incompatible with the subdivisions in this area, plus the fact that the intersection of 82nd Avenue and SR 60 is already very hazardous. He preferred a density of 2 upa. It was determined that no one else wished to be heard, and the Chairman closed the public hearing. Commissioner Bird believed we had a similar situation with Grove Isles where we wanted to protect the adjacent residential, and we got them to agree to put in a strip of single family as a buffer. That worked out -very well, actually the single family sold quicker than the multi -'family, and possibly that should considered here also. Director Keating pointed out that in that case you had AUG 141990 56 BOOK 0 F,�F.