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Mr. Aaron Fink, 26157 Altadena Drive, urged Council to reject this lot consolidation proposal as it would go against the General Plan and was an abuse of discretionary power. The issue was compliance with the Code of the Town. He listed four objections he had to the project: it was not in conformance with the findings of the de la Raza court case of 1974; a conditional exception should be exceptional; the Planning Commission denied this request; and the hardship to owner had not been established. Mr. William Helson, 26160 Rancho Manuella, noted that he had moved to the Town twelve years ago and was a supporter of its rural nature. He was against the Micko proposal as it provided for the development of substandard lots. Mr. Lincoln Westcott, 26140 Rancho Manuella, asked about secondary dwellings and was advised that they were not a part of the application as the property was less than one acre. Johnson stated that the intent of this application was to take several substandard lots and create a substandard lot. If this were granted it would be the end of one-acre zoning. He appealed to the Council to protect the one-acre zoning. Casey also upheld the one-acre zoning but she believed this application was in line with the zoning ordinance and the rural atmosphere of the Town. Casey further supported the restrictions imposed on the size of the homes as proposed by the applicant. She believed the system allowed for special circumstances and this was not precedent setting but rather a unique situation. Hubbard noted it was a philosophical question. Was it better to consolidate two smaller sub- standard lots into a larger sub-standard lot when a certain amount of development was possible on each of the smaller lots? Tryon stated she was impressed with Mr. Micko's presentation and Mr. Henley's comments. She too believed in a common sense approach but did not recall ever creating a lot less than one acre. She could not look at the individual but rather than the land and could not vote favorably for the creation of a lot less than one acre. Siegel concurred with Tryon's comments. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Siegel and passed unanimously to approve the negative environmental declaration for Lands of Micko. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Siegel, seconded by Tryon and passed unanimously to deny the conditional exceptions and therefore the lot consolidation tentative map for Lands of Micko, Kingsley Way. December 19, 1990 6