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095 DRAFT PLANNING BOARD. MINUTES 9-16-85 14 Gordon informed the Board she needed to leave and turned the Chair over to Carl Walters. Gordon read a prepared statement as follows : "CHANDLER CONCRETE LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REaUEST" "Comments prepared by Alice Gordon for September 16 , 1985 Planning Board Meeting" "Because I view the decision on this Land Use Plan Amendment and Planned Development request to be very important and because I will not be able to attend the part of the meeting during which the items are to be discussed , I would Like to have the following comments read before any vote is taken on the Land Use Plan Amendment . I have attended both of the public hearings and the Planning Board meeting at which the Chandler Concrete Land Use Plan Amendment request was discussed , and carefully reviewed the materials related to the request . In my opinion , the request has not met any of the three conditions necessary for a Land Use Plan Amendment. Amendments are to be made [1 ] because of changed or changing conditions in a particular area or areas of the County, (23 to correct an error or ommission in the Plan and (3) in response to a change in land use policy. With respect to practical considerations, I have two comments . First , concerning the public safety question , I have not been persuaded of the necessity to use the existing pits . It seems the pits could be located on property which is already allowed to have such industrial uses . The fact that the- company has already constructed the pits does not argue in favor of granting the permit . In fact , there was prior illegal use of the pits which has now ceased . Second , concerning the desirability of granting the permit and planned development , it is argued that buffers could be required. I feel this argument does not outweigh the arguments presented above . In time, Nature will cover the scars and provide the landscaping .