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Mayor Coy sought clarification on whether Mr. Keating had said that in <br />the current Land Development Codes, the "New Towns" must have a separation of six <br />(6) miles, and. Director Keating affirmed the statement as correct. Mayor Coy questioned <br />whether there has to be a separation from the current municipalities by six (6) miles, and <br />Director Keating said it does not. <br />Commissioner Wheeler thanked Councilmember Simchick and Attorney <br />Rich Stringer for bringing this up because what is in the proposal is doubling what the <br />County allows in its Comp Plan. Commissioner Wheeler has been opposed to the "New <br />Towns" because he saw it as kind of a "catch 22", and when they go out and start <br />transferring densities, they have to build the residential before the commercial would be <br />enticed to provide services; and generally that does not happen. An example is Pointe <br />West, with a much larger customer base, which has been in construction for quite some <br />time and was just starting to do some of the commercial construction. He gave other <br />examples of subdivisions that were completely surrounded by a potential customer base <br />so they could build their commercial that would help take traffic, which is the intent of <br />the New Town, to try and have all the services needed within an area that is clustered and <br />transfer densities into that area thereby preserving farmland. <br />Commissioner Wheeler commented that it leaves the impression that <br />"this or Charter takes property rights from people," and that is not the case. It does not <br />reduce densities, and it does not reduce heights. Therefore, when there is talk about <br />investment portfolio, none of that is threatened; they end up with what they have right <br />now; and in certain areas and in certain cases, it would have to go to the public for <br />approval if other avenues were selected. <br />Commissioner O'Bryan concurred with what Councilmember Simchick <br />said about the 65 -foot height. He had reservations as well. He referred to certain <br />16 <br />July 23, 2008 / Joint Workshop <br />ISBA, Sebastian <br />