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CHURCH: Keeping the permit alive until the sale of the last lot seems an interesting end to it,
<br />because these kind of things, not thinking anything devious but having spent some time in real estate
<br />development, real estate sales and brokerage, you can step these things out forever, and there is, you
<br />could just leave the one lot available, you could be conducting sales activities and any number of
<br />other related products. And so, I would, I don’t think it’s too much trouble to come back and ask for
<br />renewal of a Special Permit after a certain period of time. That’s just my own feeling. So, I was
<br />interested in why you decided that the sale of the last lot was something, which was a little more, was
<br />certain enough.
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<br />KAY: So, the idea is to avoid the applicant from having to come back every five, ten years to re-app
<br />that condition and ask for additional five years, additional five years. Again, when the permit was
<br />originally granted in 2007, the five years was based on representation from the applicant at the time; I
<br />suspect that if at the time the applicants represented a longer time period, we may have granted a
<br />longer time period. So, that’s the reason why really, I mean, if you have a suggestion on a time
<br />period that is not open-ended —
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<br />CHURCH: I don’t want to suggest a change right now, but I would have thought that you could have
<br />said, hey, ten lots are left or some, I think there are 150 lots or something down there. And I’m not,
<br />five years, I agree with all that. I’m not trying to change something. I’m suggesting that the sale of
<br />the last lot is a highly uncertain time frame.
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<br />KAY: Okay.
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<br />UNGER: I thought about that also, because what I thought about basically a developer could just
<br />retain the last lot, not for sale. And so, essentially we did approve an open-ended permit. So, I mean,
<br />I would, and I thought about it, and the developer represented that they could sell these lots over 25
<br />years, and I’m saying on or before 25 years or the sale of the last lot would be some language I would
<br />recommend, if we get there.
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<br />KAY: Okay.
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<br />UNGER: So, and we can, we can I guess work on that on a motion, if we get there.
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<br />KAY: And certainly we can have the applicant or representative address that as well.
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<br />UNGER: Yeah, right. Commissioner Nobriga, did you have a question?
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<br />NOBRIGA: Yeah. This obviously is a real estate sales office that’s not open to the public. I’ve
<br />never heard of a real estate office that said “no walk-in trade.” And there are very off the beaten
<br />paths, so you’re always there catering to a very elitist group, if your sales are to invited guest only.
<br />It’s just, it’s strange to me that you have a real estate office that would operate under those
<br />restrictions. And, you know, that’s their call, but it’s just curious to me as to why they don’t open to
<br />the public, if you want to move your property.
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<br />UNGER: Okay, and that’s something we can, the applicants will be up next, and we can certainly
<br />ask them. Any other questions of staff at this time? Thank you.
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