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-_-__-_ i <br /> ��0 <br /> °»'�mp <br /> _� <br /> 4^7- <br /> Mr' Lee Mehler, Architect working for Buck Mountain Development Corporation, <br /> made the presentation for the developere on the Class A Special Use Permit Request <br /> for Midway Airport' <br /> Mr. Mehler began by saying this was a "scaled down" version of the original <br /> request since the office park had been eliminated and that the airport portion <br /> was "essentially" the same as had been presented earlier. He noted some changes: <br /> the runway has been shortened to 4,000'; overrun areas as an additional safety <br /> } feature were reached as the result of a "compromise" with Planning; and that <br /> additional housing for 276 aircraft was provided for those that "could possibly <br /> be hangared" in three phases. Mr. Mehler listed letters he had received from the <br /> Sheriff's Department and Mr. Bobby Baker saying the respective emergency services <br /> could be provided; a letter from Department of Transportation saying there were no <br /> road problems as a result of this project; a letter from Mr. Bruce Matthews detailing <br /> noise calculations; a letter from Mr. Willard Plentl saying there were no problems <br /> from the FAA's standpoint, Midway is in compliance with its requirements for a basic <br /> utility airport; requested land ownership documents; and an additional letter from <br /> Mr. Plentl`'tu Mr. Polatty contesting some of the County's requirements. (Those <br /> documents are on pages�8c��(����°1�(f this book.) <br /> Mr. Mehler continued with the conditions which are recommended by the Planning <br /> Staff: Conditions 1-11 are "acceptable to the owners;" he said revised drawings <br /> dated June 29, 1982, eliminate # 10; #12, Mr. Mehler.said, was the only one they <br /> "called into question at all" and it was the question of reasonable approach zone. <br /> At this point Mr. Mehler read the letter from Mr. Plentl of the Department of Trans- <br /> portation, Division of Aviation which questioned the County's requirement in this <br /> matter (see pageOlVdf this book). Mr. Mehler said the developer would like # <br /> 12 to be changed to control of the 1,000' dimension. Mr. Mehler contended that there <br /> was no other airport that he knew of that had an equivalent area control requirement. <br /> Mr. Mehler noted that the developers had considered what the Board of Commissioners <br /> had asked for during the previous hearings and that they have "adhered in every <br /> way to , the Orange County Zoning Ordinance and the FAA standards." Mr. Mehler <br /> requested approval of this project. <br /> Commissioner Whitted asked Mr. Mehler to clear up the discrepancy in the number <br /> of vehicular trips per day estimated to be generated by Midway. He specifcally <br /> referred to the Letter from Mr. MatthewS which Mr. Cannity read (previously cited), <br />