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8 Draft <br /> 1 show sufficient evidence that this shouldn't take place. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Leon Meyers: Let me just mention what I learned from the staff, I didn't know, and it is that for a modification of a <br /> 4 special use permit, the LIDO requires mailed letters to the properties within the notice area <br /> 5 between 10 and 25 days before the hearing. The notice for this hearing was mailed in that <br /> 6 window. And the difference between that and approval of a new special use permit is that a <br /> 7 neighborhood meeting is required. So, if this were a new special use permit, it did not have a <br /> 8 special use permit enforced on the same property, then there would have been a notice of <br /> 9 neighborhood meeting and a neighborhood meeting that would have occurred 45 days before <br /> 10 tonight's hearing. That's kind of the background around the timing for the notice tonight's meeting. <br /> 11 And I understand your request to continue the hearing and I'm happy to hear board members <br /> 12 opinions about that. <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Nathan Robinson: I think we need to establish if he has standing before a request would be able to be received. Isn't <br /> 15 that true? <br /> 16 <br /> 17 Leon Meyers: Well, that would be one of the interpretations, yeah. So, then the question, Mr. Hugelmeyer, is that <br /> 18 right? <br /> 19 <br /> 20 Michael Hugelmeyer: Yes, sir. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 Leon Meyers: It is how can you demonstrate that you as a property owner would suffer special damages if this <br /> 23 modification to the special use permit were approved. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Michael Hugelmeyer: So, here is my question, which really pertains more toward the statutes that you discussed, the <br /> 26 question that you just posed is a completely separate entity from my expertise, and my asking of a <br /> 27 continuation? They're apples and oranges. I can go ahead and tell you what I believe but what <br /> 28 you're looking for expertise and I need time to create that evidence with these people here. So, <br /> 29 what you're asking me, and the expertise are two different things. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 Leon Meyers: What we would be looking for is competent, material, and substantial evidence that you would <br /> 32 suffer special damages in some way if the application were approved. <br /> 33 <br /> 34 Michael Hugelmeyer: So, the disharmonious nature of what we have going on at the end of Holly Creek Lane <br /> 35 particularly with public bathrooms. If you're creating a situation where you're going to have permits <br /> 36 for sewage and the likes for public bathrooms, you're changing essentially the feel of what this <br /> 37 looks like. On a personal note, ever since he put the fence up, no one's been walking on our <br /> 38 private road there. I enjoy watching them. All the plantings that he's planted will cover that fence. <br /> 39 1 feel like we're really in a great spot and there's been, as everyone has mentioned, there's been <br /> 40 no evidence that there was going to be any sort of change whatsoever. And even though it was <br /> 41 something we weren't crazy about; it took place, and it was going well. When you introduce <br /> 42 commercial style public bathrooms into this situation, it changes the feel of everything. That will <br /> 43 create a situation whereby we're essentially working our way towards a park, not a public park, this <br /> 44 is a private park. There's no trespassing. It does nothing for our property value. If you create a <br /> 45 park and it's public, then perhaps it would even go up, and I know that's some of what was <br /> 46 discussed previously. This is a no trespassing owners only situation if there is a public bathroom <br /> 47 on it, we're creating a park at the end of our road. And that has a significant effect on the potential <br /> 48 of what could take place. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 Leon Meyers: I'm going to ask you to stay with the topic of special damages that you would suffer as a property <br /> 8 <br />