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u 5 n 44 Vice Chairman Stanbridge explained that she looked at Mr . Clontz ' property as a pressure point " which the Board helped to create by putting commercial next to hisa property . That particular commercial area has built out now ; it may be 20 years or more before the other C/I properties are built out .She asked if there might be some way to add to the criteria so there will be time before there is another "pressure point " . She expounded on the Comprehensive Plan as not being a static plan . Based on experience , Commissioner Macht thought passage today will ensure additional requests for "relief ' .He failed to see what the proximity of commercial had to do with the ability to farm .He thought "being able to farm " is being confused with "not wishing to farm " . The fatality built into this proposal is that while 1 unit/acre sounds good, it is widely known that it can come back as a "PD " with 3 units/acre and it will be approved . Once this proposal is passed , he believed the Board will be seeing glutted roads and higgledy-piggledy" expansion all through the western part of the county . The Chairman opened the public hearing and asked if anyone wished to be heard in this matter . Michael O ' Haire , attorney with offices at 311 Cardinal Drive , Vero Beach 32963 , representing the applicant, stated that Mr . Bangel ' s suggested changes were acceptable to the applicant . This application has received an exhaustive review by staff and staff has isolated three areas that will be impacted by the change (the properties of Mr . Clontz, Mr . Beuttell , and the property in which Norm Hensick and George Hamner have an interest) . He hoped this would be the final public hearing on this application and asked that both proposals be approved . He stated the Mr . Clontz has farmed the property and it was farmed for 40 years by his family . This is a case of not being able to farm . In response to October 16 , 2001 100 a 2 d i d