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FEB 23 1993 BOOK 88 F�1GE 9117 Commissioner Macht understood there is no possibility this site could be used for a refugee center under the existing zoning, but asked if there is some mechanism to insure that no additional requests for modular units on this site will be honored. Director Keating advised that the church could come in and request a special exception approval to expand further. We don't have a limit on the amount of development that can occur, but the County Commission would have to grant a special exception use approval for any additional units. Commissioner Adams pointed out that we are beginning to see a proliferation of these types of structures and she felt neighbors have a real stake in keeping the integrity of a single-family residential area. Fortunately, 'this facility sits well off the road and is not too noticeable unless you actually turn in off the road. Ample buffering will help also. However, she wished to find a way of putting the brakes to modular units or decide whether or not we are going to allow them all over. Chairman Bird asked if we could impose some kind of time limit for these modular units to be replaced with permanent fixtures, but Attorney Vitunac advised that the law has taken that right away from the Board. These modular units have to be treated as legal buildings and the Building Code issue. was taken away from us by the Legislature. The issue is the land use. If the structures are put in a proper place according to our site plan regulations, the Board reduced to making a decision on the one item of a special exception and the question of whether this is the type of use which is appropriate if controlled as to numbers in the area. He believed that staff has recommended that this is the type of use that is okay. Director Keating explained- the difference in regulations between mobile homes and modular units, and Director Boling further described the requirements for modular units. Commissioner Macht asked if we could include language in the Motion to approve this with a limitation on the numbers, and Attorney Vitunac advised that the Commission cannot do that under our Code. Commissioner Adams stated that she would vote for approval with reluctance. ON MOTION by Commissioner Tippin, SECONDED by Commissioner Eggert, the Board unanimously granted special exception use approval to Riverside Church Assembly of God -for an expansion to a place of worship. 34