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• 1 however, agreed with the neighbors that it wasn' t a <br /> 2 good location. for a double family dwelling and was <br /> 3 inclined to say "keep it single family. " . <br /> 4 London: indicated he was "strongly sympathetic" with the <br /> 5 neighbors because he didn' t see a compelling reason <br /> 6 to change the zoning to R-2 ; <br /> 7 said he thought the neighbors had every reason to <br /> 8 expect their neighborhood to stay single family. <br /> 9 Brownell: perceived that would be a difficult corner to put any- <br /> 10 thing on because of its location and landscaping; <br /> 11 agreed with the neighbors that the City should con- <br /> 12 tinue to maintain the integrity of that tract of land <br /> 13 rather than changing it. <br /> 14. Franzese: said the bottom line with he was to keep the property <br /> 15 R-1 avoiding the inclination to "equate less desirable <br /> 16 property to R-211 ; <br /> 17 perceived adding to the congestion problems would only <br /> 18 make it all the more difficult for the neighbors to <br /> �19 exit from their homes. <br /> 20 The hearing closed at 9.: 15 P.M. <br /> 21 Commission Recommendation <br /> 22 Motion by Wagner, seconded by Werenicz to recommend the Council deny <br /> 23 the request to have the property at 3657 Silver Lake Road rezoned from <br /> 24 R-1 , single family residential to R-2 , two family residential, <br /> 25 primarily because the neighbors object to it and to rezone the <br /> 26 property now, when they have purchased their homes under the <br /> 27 existing condition, would probably not be fair to them without their <br /> 28 approval. The Commission sees no benefit to be derived from making <br /> 29 - the property R-2 at this time.- <br /> 30 Motion carried unanimously. <br /> 31 The Chair reminded those present that the Council makes the final <br /> 32 . decision and strongly advised all who were interested to attend the <br /> 33 February 24th meeting where the proposal would be given another <br /> 34 hearing. She commended the neighbors for keeping aware of the <br /> 35 notices and coming to the hearing to have their concerns heard. <br /> 36 Later in the evening Mr. Childs advised the Commissioners that the <br /> 37 applicant did not contact him until after he had already purchased the <br /> 38 property. The Manager said he had also advised the builder to <br /> •39 contact the neighbors, which he had obviously not done. <br /> 17 <br />