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There is the American Legion Building, a house, a parking lot across from Casey's, and on the other side Automotive Armature. The house was turned down for rezone because the lot was too small. The entire area there was not done as a unit and now you have a house stuck with residential zoning in the middle. Where is that different than what has been discussed on South Street. Attorney Currens said if they change to the transition of that area to other uses will happen in an orderly fashion, it will give them flexibility. Commissioner Crouch had the members look at page 25, East District-second paragraph. The triangle at Old 67 and New 67 best suited for general business and industrial uses. But in next sentence it says however, existing residential neighborhoods are well established and make new industrial uses inappropriate. Attorney Tim Currens said he thought what they were saying was, inappropriate without appropriate buffering. He said that Marley Woods and Charmil are nice additions but in the wrong spot, both are on four lane highways. But since they are there, then what needs to be looked at is how we blend in for future growth to these areas. We are really trying to find a way to develop with appropriate buffering and compatibility. Commissioner Crouch wanted the commission to look at page 26-East District-paragraph 2. He said it says rolling land best suited for low-density residential. Does that mean the property on # 144 past the trailer court that has been for sale for a long time if somebody would come in and say they want to put in shopping area and high density housing in the back they would be turned down. Commissioner Bruner told him it doesn't say Highway 144, it says East District and #144 was an exception. Commissioner Crouch said if someone came in to put apartments on that land on #144, would that get approved. He said no particular areas had been set aside for apartment zoning. Commissioner Crouch said on page 28-Industrial-bottom paragraph- second and third sentences- these areas are most intensive land uses and should be located away from residential use, he thinks the word buffer should be there. Attorney Tim Currens said buffering is already in the ordinance because the ordinance states distance. Commissioner Crouch said the last page he wanted to discuss was page 29-in the first sentence, the word "moist" should be "the most". And in the same paragraph, the last sentence, what does additional buffering mean? Attorney Tim Currens said he thought the word "additional" could be deleted because the buffering is set by ordinance standards. Commissioner Crouch said in 1-4 it states this classification has to have extensive buffering. If you are in a business park, what is the difference? Attorney Tim Currens said because it is a planned unit development and buffering requirements are really set by the ordinance. He said this statement emphasizes our ordinance has buffering requirements. Commissioner Williamson asked what they were going to do about setbacks on roads. Town attorney Tim Currens said this needs to be done with a thoroughfare plan and needs to be done in a separate ordinance.