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1 indicated no such provision had been made in St. An- 2 thony' s Ordinance because the community grew from the 3 start as a residential suburb; 4 said some municipal ordinances are "cumulative" to allow 5 any use which is permitted in a residential district to 6 be used in a commercial zone and anything which is 7 allowed in a lower classification to be allowed in a 8 light industrial zoned area; 9 indicated St. Anthony' s is generally considered to be an 10 "exclusive" Ordinance, which allows only one exclusive 11 use in each different zoning category, but is not com- 12 pletely exclusive because it allows single family homes 13 or duplexes to be built in areas zoned for single family 14 homes and then imposes exclusive zoning for commercial 15 and light industrial; 16 said he perceived no major problems had been created by 17 allowing such a mix as long as issues like parking, 18 access, and codes had been addressed; 19 said he wasn' t certain it would be wrong to allow an 20 unused 1,000 square feet of space in the back of a ware- 21 house to be used for living space for someone who would 22 keep an eye on the property for the owner as long as •23 there was adequate parking and access and the space was 24 brought up to code for that purpose; 25 told Chair Franzese he perceived that whether that was a 26 good or bad thing was a value judgment she would have to 27 make in terms of how she viewed her community and what 28 land uses she thought were right or wrong in different 29 zoning districts. 30 Werenicz indicated he personally perceived that because Mr. Solie 31 had reported having less vacancies in his property than 32 was the norm, there had been little hardship demonstrated 33 to justify a drastic step like changing the Zoning 34 Ordinance to improve that business. 35 when the Chair said she perceived the Commission was being re- 36 quested to change the Zoning Ordinance to provide a second resi- 37 dence for a caretaker and yet she wasn' t hearing that it was- 38 really going to be for a caretaker, Mr. Solie told her that the 39 only purpose for remodeling the unit would be for use as a second 40 caretaker residence and that his firm would not be renting to the 41 general public now that they had been made aware that doing so 42 would pose a problem for the Ordinance. 43 Commissioner Wingard commented that he understood the Commission • 44 was only being asked to change the Ordinance to allow two rather 7