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, l " r , I I , I I I I I ~- ---- The next item on the agenda was the new zoning maps which Bill Abbott stated he was continuing to work on and hoped to have completed in the near future. Attorney Currens advised that he would like to have the Board review the zoning maps and proposed changes in the zoning ordinance at the February meeting with a public hearing in order that the Plan Commission might make a recommendation to the Town Board on the same. The Board then went on to discuss changes within the ordinance and reviewed all such changes including: a new zoning classification of professional business and its related affect on proposed uses. The Board also discussed changes as to mini barns, satellite dishes, variance procedure, fences, and accessory buildings. The changes were noted and a draft was to be prepared so the ordinance could be presented at a public hearing at the next meeting. The next item to come before the Board concerned a letter from Lee Comer, attorney at law in Danville, Indiana. Mr. Comer had sent a letter to Attorney Currens requesting the Board's interpretation of Indiana Code 16-13-21-12 which deals with residential facilities for the developmentally disabled. The Board's attorney advised that this statute in effect prohibited any zoning ordinance from excluding such facility in a residential area unless the residential facility would be located within 3,000 feet of another residential facility. Attorney Currens advised that they were inquiring about this since they have looked at two or three locations in Hooresville, including 59 South Clay Street, which is where Steve Harris, law partner of Attorney Currens, resides. After a brief discussion the Board concluded that they would prefer this type of facility to be on a street which is not a row of houses in a totally residential area, however, acknowledge that they had no control of this under the law and would -3-