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0007.1 <br /> .;6�.�s <br /> 3° <br /> 4° Land Use Plan and Thoroughfare Plan." Staff was asked to clearly <br /> 5° define its terms and to rewrite that sentence more specifically. <br /> 6. Chairman Crawford recognized Mr. Lee Mahler, an Orange County <br /> 7° architect and citizen. <br /> 8. Mr. Mahler.. Said the timing of these amendments is his big <br /> 9. concern. He is associated with Peloquin Associates, the architectural <br /> 10. firm designing the Midway Airport and Air Park; his firm has been <br /> 11. <br /> working on this project for about six months. He said if these <br /> 12. amendments are directed toward a specific project it is "questionable <br /> 13. legally. " He added that the amendments were designed to stifle <br /> 14. public argument, .place hardship on his client and added a "new <br /> 15. cog into the machinery." <br /> 16. Mr. Mahler took issue with 8.8.8.1 b and all subsequent sub- <br /> 17• sections of that Article, saying that NEF 25 was a "non-entity." <br /> 18. NEF is usually measured in 20-30-40-50. He said with a.NEF of <br /> 19• 30 all .functions except a "concert" were allowed. <br /> ?0° Mr. Mahler asked that his project hot be treated as a special <br /> '1. case. <br /> 22. Commissioner Barnes told Mr. Mahler she was puzzled by his <br /> �3• reference to these amendments being used to deny or block publi <br /> 24. hearing for the airport. She said she did not see that at all. <br /> �5• Mr. Mahler said several items would suggest such a thing to him. <br /> 26. He said an isosonic contour was an addition to the Zoning Ordinance; <br /> 27° and, puchase of land not previously owned by the developers was <br /> 28. now required; private access to state maintained roads; setback <br /> 29' requirements from the noise generator. <br /> 30' Commissioner Barnes said that if she understood what Mr. Mahler <br /> 31' was saying then he meant that .this project may not come to public <br /> �20 hearing because he may not be able to proceed with the project <br /> .3° as planned. <br /> 34. Mr. Mahler said his main objection centered around the noise <br /> 35. levels mentioned in the amendments. He feels that the NEF 30 <br /> 36. is a very low level of noise and says the State representatives <br /> 37' concur. He said it was not good to add things when. a project <br /> 38. <br /> 39. <br /> 40. <br />